eyes-wide-shut—pensive
gripped by the emptiness
of a glass half full
Tag Archives: poem
Poem 290/365:2016
been away searching
speaking to shadows born
of light with no eyes
Poem 176/365:2016
Beneath raging seas
Beneath trees in the wind dance
Is a calm body
poem 136/365:2016
I taught her to give birth
and her me to be a man—
enough to love her
//
mothers give birth to men
who will give them love or grief…
poem 132/365:2016
when we are patient
time has no significance,
we become timeless—
free of its urgent cruelty
beyond reach of its fetters
poem 119/365:2016
wanted to bend as grass
edgeless blade resilient
but my heart was stiff—
poem 116/365:2016
whatever we believe
let us be as dancing trees
bending not breaking—
poem 108/365
give of yourself
love
and be loved
poem 99/365:2016
when the tree is full
it is beautiful of change
coming and going—
poem 96/365:2016
two eyes we share each
different the tree we see
together made whole
juxtaposed oppositions
makes clear the whole of the matter.
