Category Archives: Poetry

floating mall

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wife
mother
homemaker
in sunshine and monsoon
be my boat my treasure stall
of rambutan and dragon fruit
of noodles and khanom krok
for fellow and foreign landers
in the Basin of Chao Phraya

station of acquaintance

spirits transforming their cloth
yet unable to mask memories
that dwell at the crossroads
of moment—
and sometimes
those of modest dress
be the fondest
with a will for immortality

Encinada

Glass Slipper of Bahía de Todos Santos
A Smile below Guadalupe grape dancers
Innkeeper of commerce and cruise ships
Master Chef of fish tacos and enchiladas
Night Owl of cervezas and mariachis
Enchantress of shop-till-you-drop’ers
Cinderella of the Peaceful Sea

Microstrobilus

Ponderosa
stricken by Beauty
to fall into the arms of Earth—
and from thy love
be born the Forest
the world of Us

Happy Fathers’ Day!

seasoning

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no fallen angel
only the next dash of spice
for my mother’s feet

Happy Mothers Day

She
who bestow’d upon us
more than the gift of Life
but also her kindly Heart—
seeds sprouting
both Love and Nature’s favor

Buaya Darat

a thousand millennia
have mirror’d my awesome beauty—
a flower from Isla Flores—
an Ora
whose bite be much louder
than my bark

Breath Giver

every eon arous’d I become
by a stranger’s sensual embrace
till I cry aloud a joyful cry
and spew forth my eggs
of liquid fire and ash
to mingle with the suitors
of land and sky and sea
that my evolving world might endure
not only to join Time
but Her for some to really feel