blazing red horns
blazing red horns tossing in winter sky sumac
As the Waters Cover the Sea....
climbing season past
climbing season past ivy chats with its neighbors bark, leichen, and light
prayer flowed root to leaf
prayer flowed root to leaf now soaked in other prayers luminous pew
Love, Power, and Justice flow together…
At their best, Love, Power, and Justice flow together… "Power without Love is reckless and abusive Love without Power is sentimental and anemic Power at its best is Love implementing the demands of Justice Justice at its best is Power correcting...
Hope
I recently received a new teaching about the nature of hope. I’ve always thought hope had to do with a time in the distant future when the now of then will be better than the current now. But I’ve learned that hope is really a very present emoti...
wabi-sabi (侘寂)
wabi-sabi (侘寂) mauve and green in gold-hazeled spray of meadow-grass
leaves last a season
leaves last a season lichens linger centuries each has a timeline
hornets once hidden
hornets once hidden now brought to autumn light glad for tall trees
swish and flick
swish and flick sending sparks across the woods nature’s magic wand
plink-patter-pop
plink-patter-pop of a billion seed bombs dropping field of falling
one point perspective
one point perspective sees the vanishing point ignores the splendor
stone-eating lichen
stone-eating lichen turns bridge to soil by degrees patient composter
Autumn light
Autumn light streams through golden panes giving new life to old grain
keeping bees happy
keeping bees happy when others have gone to seed montauk daisies
three vines in Autumn
three vines in Autumn two pests and two cousins bitter-sweet friends
roots dig into soil
roots dig into soil floods clean them off again this is getting old!
some feed bird and beast
some feed bird and beast and some seek soil as siblings more than enough
Now seedheads spring
now seed-heads spring faster than flowers form frantic foraging
Watching south-seekers
watching south-seekers who forbear the frost and freeze this snowbird stays
Peeking carefully
peeking carefully - giggling behind the tree stump: "they’ll never find us!"
Summer lites the match
summer lites the match then autumn flames leap skyward snow cools the embers
Climbing toward winter
climbing toward winter every leaf perfectly stitched on a Persian rug
Flowering asters
Flowering asters Late season binge-drinking bees - One more before frost…
Here was High tide once
Here was High tide once, Fled the rock, gone out to sea - Tides cannot decide…
Wonder what’s inside…
Wonder what’s inside… Bird or snake, glop or candy - Tempting to find out!
This showy sumac
This showy sumac Feather in cap before Fall - Spring, post-Labor Day…