Saturday, May 14, 2011

may 14 five lines

1
blue ink
of fallen iris
flower
stains the bills
on my desk

2
grasslands
waves of tall fescue
celadon
rain along
the roadside

Monday, May 9, 2011

may 8 & 9 five lines

may 8
front porch
sunday sounds
bees hum in
honeysuckle
crows crackle

may 9
roads lined
with white daisies
yellow celenedine
celedon green fields
Virginia highways


Friday, May 6, 2011

may 6 fivelines

time again
to plant plump
white moonflower
seeds under
the May moon

may 5 five lines

poemglow
green moonwing
I'm dreaming
only of sadness
and sleep

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

may 4 five lines

1
irises spill
into runnels
of rainwater
thunderstorms
christen our street
2
curled worms
drowned on sidewalks
moss thick
green on Starbucks
morning in floodtime

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

may 3 five lines

girl in black T-shirt
studded with silverwings
today she glitters
dark angel
in a dark room

Monday, May 2, 2011

may second five lines

letting go
of things that once
belonged to ghosts like
empty silver bowls filled
with the girl i used to be

Sunday, May 1, 2011

may first - five lines

1
may day
i hear
the Buddha
singing
in rain
2
rain
dark morning
gushing green world
outside
my silent house

Saturday, January 22, 2011

january 22

one grumpy
tangerine sunrise
hope of spring

Sunday, January 9, 2011

january 9

indigo morning
the crows hollow voice
wingbone on the wind

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

january 5

on my desk
a glass jar full of
paper flowers
a black crow
feather

Monday, January 3, 2011

january 3 small stone

out of control
clutter o my desk
the world spins

Sunday, January 2, 2011

january 2 - small stone

old dog
limptrots beside me
morning star

january 1 - small stone

old dog snores
near the christmas tree
scent of pine