Let us collect leaves
And with them make a rainbow
Earth reflecting sky
9/2/2022 – comfort in storms
There is a comfort
In storms
A sudden solace
An unexpected peace
In the wrath of the heavens
Coming down upon a world
Oft undeserving of itself
9/1/2022 – like hempen string
Let me wander, wondering
What wondrous songs the world might sing
If sand lines that mean not a thing
Were left to fray like hempen string
8/31/2022 – a haiku
Lay me by water
Somewhere under shady trees
They can sing to me
8/30/2022 – any of the world
In the quiet evening
As the wind drops
And the birds hide
And the little sounds of night
Whisper softly
I lay my head upon your lap
And listen to your breath
Your heartbeat
And it is a song finer
Than any of the world
8/29/2022 – rivers, plains, and mountains high
There was a time I rode upon
A wind both fierce and strong
That carried me hither and yon
And forced a journey long
At first I asked for quiet, then
I asked to turn around
But winds do not listen to men
And ‘long Fate’s road they bound
So to horizons far I flew
E’er wondering where I’d wend
Unknowing what I’d travel through
Ere we reached journey’s end
At last when wind began to die
I looked around to see
That rivers, plains, and mountains high
That theretofore were spinning by
Without a hint to how or why
Had gone and transformed me
8/28/2022
Stretching shadows
Along the quivering grasses
Where the birds seek the clippings
And the wildflowers poke through
There is a hidden oasis
Within an unassuming speck
Of the wide world
Saturday poem, special edition: It’s on Sunday instead!
8/26/2022 – a haiku
The heat has broken
And the breeze is at last cool
Whispering to me
8/25/2022 – more
More than the countless stars
More than the boundless sea
More than the tallest mountains
Is how much I love thee
8/24/2022
I hurry to the cliff’s edge
Then wonder
What comes next