apples on a tree
I thought dead; a withered limb
shakes a twig at me
Month: April 2015
War 4/29/15
blood was as water
lives so many storm blown leaves
my soldier’s story
To Fear Death
Water will scream
If it becomes steam
Steam goes cold
Thinking of being ice
Ice has a meltdown
About liquification
They all fear Change so
They forget they’re all H2O
Welcome To Next Lifetime Party
Everyone and every cat
You’ve ever known is waiting
Waiting, waiting in the dark
With presents and a punchbowl,
Giggling to keep quiet
Waiting for you to come home
From a hard eon’s enterprise
So they can burst forth
In the unexpected light
To shout “Surprise! Surprise!”
Parking lot 4/28/15
empty rattling carts
sail the parking lot– a clerk
lassoes them back in
Loki 4/28/15
we’ve chanted on it
my Buddha nature is strong
Loki the cat stays
Tears 4/27/15
unexpected tears
about giving up a cat
problem child needs love
Scraps 4/27/15
scraps of spring verses
saved for a winter’s moonlight
pen full of glow worms
Bullfrog 4/26/15
eyes shut to beauty
in a sea of bright lotus
bullfrog sings the blues
lucky 4/26/15
rushing out the Gate
sails plump with April breezes
lucky as a gull
Laundry 4/26/15
alone this winter
in a launderette for warmth
other people’s wash
Seashells 4/25/15
seashells in a jar
leavings of forty summers
catch the dawn light
Petrol 4/25/15
bright red flowers grow
around the filling station
how bad can gas be?
Garden 4/24/15
lemons, roses, deer
show up to be inspected
baby grandson claps
Ascent 4/23/15
birdsong everywhere
harp music from my felines
clawing the screen door
Bells 4/22/15
public telephone
cavity of ripped wires
an old friend missing
Poop 4/21/15
such generous cats!
soon as I clean after them
they make more for me
Tanka 4/20/15
He once had been me
Soon enough I will be him
Limps, dirty white beard,
Walks against grudging traffic
To reach the deer park’s entrance
Cheerleaders 4/20/15
white pom-poms shimmy
young women’s ocean chorale
screaming win! win! win!
Chocho 4/19/15
showing butterflies
to the baby … yes, you’ll grow
your own handsome wings
