Deceit

May 30, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

“I’d like to get you know more,”he said, pulling up a chairmet with stunned silence “Truly,” he prodded, “I feelas if we’ve drifted apart,and I’ve ignored us.” I might have said “No kidding”but hope swelled with his wordsand I blurted: “Ask away.” So he listened,as he had that first nightwhen tipsy and enamoured We’d stumbled […]

Beware The Woods

May 29, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Deep within the Hollowoaken boughs shadowa brook – swirling mystical waters There dwells a spiritevokes a knowing – joy/sorrow –how life’s run erasessoul’s voice Fleeting the momentharsh the returnbeware the woods. (Art my own)

Dancing

May 28, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Wary of ruts –lies I tell myselfsprouting roots,impending progress. Yet, without rootshow am I defined?Does impermanencenot also leave a stain? The ground shiftsbeneath meand I danceimperfectly inventing a rhythmthat defies ruts,mocks impermanenceand eludes definition. (Dancing first appeared here in May, 2018. Image my own.)

Planet Love

May 27, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I was the sunyou the moontill she cameand somehowyou believedin the syzygyof three – Were we sheepthe earth womanand I, acceptingshoddy alibishearts eclipsedminds sealed bylunacy of desire? (Image my own)

Vancouver Island

May 26, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

Is it the robin whose morning song so sharp and crisp awakens me in this enchanted place, or the warble of Juncos whose hooded faces delight as they forage between the dried, curled aftermath of a cold Winter, now pushed aside by new life sprouting? The absence of raindrops on tin roof offers promise that […]

…Ah, Love

May 25, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If paper beats rockI win every time Never mind steely armsyour mineral disposition Nor that I tear easily – inkblotting carefully plotted lines I wrap myself around yourender you powerless…. ….ah, love. (Tuesdays I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own.)

Magical Portal

May 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Alternate realitiesparallell linear mindset Ego-less forays intomagical mysteries –answers secondary Float in ecstaticethereal landscapeskaleidoscopic hues Behold irrationalitya mad whirlwind of onenessconvening in momentary flash The portal’s openstep aboard –ensure your ticketis round trip. (For Eugi’s Weekly prompt: magic.This is a rewrite of a poem formerly titled: Meet You At The Station.Art my own.)

On The State Of Humanity

May 22, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Inwardly we glow…so it’s said I shudderignorance gratinglike brancheson my windowpane Hope is a foxmesmerizes,draws me out,then disappears If inwardly we glow…then why am I so cold? (Image my own.)

Hopeful

May 21, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Curious by naturedrawn by hopewe push forward spring ourselvesfrom mud-miredtraps of psychologicalundoings focus on a horizonwhere sunrisesand sunsetsoffer glimpsesof glory optimist and pessimistdaring to believethat the beckoning futurebears equal promise. (Hopeful first appeared here May, 2108. Image my own.)

Sun and Moon

May 20, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sun’s gift a final blazedraws me to cliff’s edge darkness doesn’t credit dayowes it allegiance to another the great moon oratorwhose tides and pull send me plungingego-less and flailing till morning sets meon my feet again. (Image my own)