Transformation in the human Is not so obvious as in nature We arrive at the melting pot And overthink The very brink At which it occurs Repeatedly. The caterpillar doesn’t know How not to grow It follows instinct into the cocoon Obliterated it waits Its wings don’t appear They self create And at some point […]
There is a force Alive and rampant A feeling becomes thought And the thoughts build Looking for a container The vessel becomes full Words Overflow on the page They flood and spread Flow and ebb Burst and give over What was within For a moment replete The energy recedes And the human breathes But creation […]
That third last hour Between the world of night And the world of day I began writing poetry again I haven’t felt like sharing The things that bake between layers When I’m living You know Just walking through it But one day You look up And there is a thin crust Over the top of […]
A bird sings a song But it has a voice I think That’s a magpie calling But the bird Sings its words According to choice As do I Calling in my voice Of the sky and the sea In human dialect Familiar Strange And somewhere beneath Is me Poetry Cadence Rhythm And how we are […]
Beware your heroes You may become them And the heroes I like Never lived an easy life Watch your admiration Where it drifts Who it casts Because the people I admire Never lived an easy life Watch your discipline and discernment Strive to make them right Because the things that I discarded Did not make […]
I awoke worried By a fiend of my brain Figment of imagination It cast no shadow as I turned on the light Nor ever will These things which make us fret Toss and turn Tumbling heartbeats in our sleep Are not real To reach out a hand is to smite a ghost The only head […]
We hold ourselves to impossible standards sometimes
And isn’t adoring the Brolga As it flies In the painted porcelain sky Just another form of praying
La pioggia stilla The rain drips|trickles … La pioggia scivola The rain slides|glides … La pioggia cade lieve The rain falls softly …. La pioggia sussurra The rain whispers … La pioggia sussurra alla finestra The rain whispers at the window Ahhhhh Vivi nella bellezza Live in beauty … I’m learning Italian. My mind is […]
I continue to consistently write my newsletter each week at SubStack. It is changing the way I see writing and sharing on these sorts of platforms. Whereas years ago I used to post something and then check the stats and views, I now post and enjoy the satisfaction that comes with both self expression and […]
