Category Archives: nature

Rock

some—
see but a fallen angel
a mistake
broken from the flesh of a cliffside
a peril potential to passers unfortunate—
onward traverse these o’er beaten paths

others—
feel the result of Nature’s chisel
as an abstract
or a weather’d ancient ruin
or any infinites
of provokers of imagination—
recess these with bottl’d water and cameras
and cerebral conversation 

Hiker’s Guerdon

watch displays
so many steps
so many miles
a mature pulse
and calories burn’d

but the sweat
and heave of breath
be ignor’d
by destination’s view

(photo courtesy of my nephew Joe)

Nopal Sculpture (from the Time Capsule)

she bless’d neighborhood

with beauty and sustenance

till fatigued by time

Pacific Perch

drawn to me you be

till be seen the words below

which speak for themselves

When Skies Collide

atmospheres
with wound’d sails
pelt’d by unseen winds

rouges
runaways
innocent bystanders

many having lost touch
from family flocks

or be it their dress rehearsal
an opera of imagination
for surface eyes

Hear the Waters

transfix’d
my senses
on the soft chatter
blowing
amidst snow-patch’d rock
and woodland folk

with the dream
the hope
the celebration
of their company
for many tomorrows

Light Bussing Tears

a stray breath
from a slumbering sun
refracts against a lost lamb
of mist

enjoys a last look
into a newborn mirror

ere diving into th’ outside
and composing the genesis
of a rainbow
ne’er to be