15 December 2019

12 November 2019

two in a row

two perfect moons rise
huge as they dance through the veils
did you see them, too?

22 October 2019

ending

the leaves 
on the decorative 
crabapple tree are 
rusting away
maple trees 
are finally 
bursting 
into 
brilliant 
red 
flame 
against wet dark wood
the rain seems incessant
while wind splatters wet 
leaves on everything and 
on days with no sun 
when the light is
being eaten 
away by more
darkness it feels
like everything
is ending

24 January 2019

to rise


Go outside now and look to the moon limping
low on the horizon where it rolled to a stop
after it was kicked and now glowers, half-collapsed
ball of copper, misshapen lunar lump waiting
to rise

06 January 2019

the heart never lies?


Is it a saying that the heart never lies?
When work stress was on, my heart rate
(average resting) was 74,  When I visited
family, it was 78.  When I got back home
and was on vacation, it was a better 71. 
When I sang with folks at the pub today,
it was 60 bpm.  Maybe my heart is
deceitful and desperately wicked, but
I think it loves music an awful lot.