• stalk and grass

    antelope stream stream
    stalk and grass daybreak wake
    lift the wind to see the seas
    blow the golden coastline shake
    November to an April freeze
    then come what May tears of joy
    water spill from her eyes
    a new season
    touch lips that grin
    in a suggestion

    stare stars fail to see cares
    too late to worry change
    encourage raging rain
    enfold the sweep of grain
    protective soil carry weight
    fixed tight
    picture of the paint

    world power of prayer
    cloister careless angst christen repair
    cast away despair
    mystery
    sink softly moonlit night tears pour no more
    speak plain blue skies soar
    thunder strike twilight
    hurt will pain until an endless sunny day
    emotion blow up fields
    dark golden light bathe
    into sunset
    night promise dawn
    bird sing bright regard
    familiar one with God.

    Amen.

  • in a stream

    bold exalted moon
    light strewn earth autumn bloom
    mid circle the loon
    shake the very fiber of being

    lake dire strait in evening
    looking for mate
    in the act conceiving
    morning soon

    sway into day a time for living
    watch for hawk as others stalk
    the sound of squawk fill air with feeling

    in chill grass whip in wind
    hide in murky waters take it on the skim
    float exposed glint of sun in eyes
    duck for minnow many tries
    wet roll off backs dry

    on embankment brown oak/red maple leaves
    soak rebellious rain to bleed
    end of drought that dried up all the green

    the earth sleep in streams
    quench thirst
    reclaim consciousness
    deep within a dream.