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 hear your click clack feet across the deck A curious small face peers at me I smile back Am I in your world, or are you in mine? For both of our sakes I hope I’m in yours *hiking and staying in a national park in the coastal hinterland this week-end. I prefer the […]
If you’ve ever wondered why a poet writes … I have written hundreds of poems, many that I love Some, I don’t even think I write, they are kind enough to write themselves for me, and fall into lines that I enjoy and share They are there in the ups And there in the downs […]
Rain drops run rivulets Down the iron Along bark They run and they run until they simply run out Soak in and stop Lying in bed I listen to them scatter and thrum Wondering How it would feel To be a raindrop running Joining and splitting, becoming greater, smaller Turning into a puddle, forming a […]
I cannot stop the sky from raining on you I cannot prevent the sharp edges that close in either I cannot stop the pain of growth, I just have to move back and let it come I cannot prevent the rough patches that scrape the dimples from your cheek Wipe the smile from your eyes […]
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 […]
I walk along a track It sheds gold dust in the wind Coating my jacket Powdering my pants A weed by any other name Turnip, a common pest Yet it makes my insides smile to look at it Winding through fields where the flowers have begun to bloom Spring is approaching And I am watching […]
Saturday evening I’ve done nothing I planned But the day doesn’t care And the sun sets regardless *My to do list became taken over by others today. The dog who needed to be taken to the vet, and then the holdup as the vet was attending to a dog with snake bite. I was slightly […]
