Cranes in the Sky

“Your strength is beautiful.”

Bamboo Growth

I knew you. The day you came into this Earth, I knew you. Knew those blonde hairs and ever-changing eyes … More

Tenant at Will

Dead love. A tattered string of broken promises A scattered brain full of incomplete resolutions You almost killed me. You … More

Ode to the Pueo

Pueo Ancestor link to where my soul-seed has been Root dweller Sky swooper Day hunter Field sweeper With eyes like … More

The Golden Hour

I carried my love easily, it bore no burden to me. It was my own; cultivated and wholesome, righteous in … More

A Matter of Place

Blue-gray morning and sun-obscuring clouds is my place Place of home and creation A home where words are birthed and … More

The Waiting

Winter morning  icy groundcover and overcast sky I walk the neighborhood Stop and stand beneath a tree whose species I … More

Fire Follower

In the chaparral of daylight he In the black of the night he In between the fire poppies he Speaks … More

Pandemic Verse in Senryu

Cold days are here now How the body craves warm skin Unsafe to be close Manzanita path I walk with … More

To Be Still Is to Be Animal

How the sun glimmers and glistens through Valley Oaks on a rustic hillside. How the warmth permeates amber honey skin … More