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Category Archives: A Year in Hope
FrogSong
My sleeping soul Awakened with a smile When a Frog sang Memory Of its unique music Echoed through the rain And endless cloudy days To many years past Youth Innocence The world’s and mine
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
New Year’s Eve – EvenSong
EvenSong Celebration Contemplation Transitions flame bonfire Visions pastPresentfuture Overhead South and West converge Folding clouds at right angles To screen the moon Light Increases shadows depth Clarity penetrates midnight Calmly birthing Unease —December 31, 1995 Continue to “Dream Fragment 33”
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
New Year’s Eve – SwanSong
SwanSong Out of the grey sky lake The six joined by two Appear near the islands Flying Not ducks not geese Eight Winging in a line Tip to wingtip at eye level Contact with one Recognition Then connection with the … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
July Morning
Through the pink falling rain The illusive catbird Clearly calls me by name Hanging from folded clouds Rainbow fragments Vanish Reappear Then lengthen and double Brushstroking The reflected mountains To leave the lake awash In kaleidoscopic color
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
Pear Blossoms
A chickadee messenger warns Of grosbeaks waiting by the feeder In a hypothermic daze. Late April. Wind, rain, sleet and hail Hasten the daffodils demise. Now, tulips are reluctant, Oriental poppies terrified. With seed and wood in short supply I … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
Listening Point
Pend d’Oreille, remember the time Before time when in the womb Of your mother Lake Missoula You heard her tell of the upheaval That violently birthed these mountains; When horizontal layers of rock Instantly pitched to angles That today disorient … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
At Home in Hope
Inside a dream Images and faces Melt into Oneness Sunrise touches the lake Shadows disappear The mountains admire Their own reflection While nasturtiums slow dance To silent and soft breezes
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
Anticipation
During countless days and sleepless nights I await the news that will announce The arrival of the unrevealed To a confused civilization In need of a New Direction and Purpose For weeks its Presence has been felt On the wind … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Five
Dream Fragment 33
He disengaged hands Feet from cross and nails Easing pain down to the floor Stumbling stretching walking Through chapel doors down steps Merging with the swirling snow And scurrying Christmas crowd Shopping up down Main Street
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
First Snow
Unable to find restful sleep I quickly open the closed blinds And await the season’s first snow With youthful anticipation. This morning one reluctant leaf Barely clings to the cherry tree As it gently sways to north winds Blowing Snow … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Empty Garden
Yesterday, the thought, if imaginable, Would have been quickly dismissed. Yet today, I know and can feel A complete Emptiness in my head; And at this moment, begin to wonder Whether I should attempt to fill it With something new … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Unsung May
Inside the morning rain The summer heat of May Departs on the wind Whipped white capped lake. Hail Dancing to thunder, falls Through the sky cracking Lightning striking afternoon To scatter fragile petals Over white grass. Green stems
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Dream Fragment 28
I stood alone before the moon Waning in the sun wondering If my shadow would disappear And then pulled the hands of the clock From my pocket burying them Under the rocks without number While digging and planting this field … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Dream Fragment 11
Between blanket and moon Exhausted stars vibrate On this excited flesh Burning over passion Fulfilled and expectant Sensing an angel’s touch From digits descending Through heavens reflection Continue to “July Morning”
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Dream Fragment 8
Nightly swaying darkly Through catacombs of sleep Subterranean lives Repeat mumbled questions To echoing mirrors Answered by meteors Showering broken glass On the highway of hope Continue to The Promise
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Night of the Living
Waking late from the living death, I ran naked through moonlit fields. A barefoot bath in morning dew Reminded me: I am Alive, And not bound by the common dream. Do not hide behind distant cloud Or slip past the … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Perseid Meteor Showers
Leaving the glare of city lights, We drove on dusty mountain roads Into valleys, over passes, Up and down, winding and climbing, Far above, then past the river That carved this part of the world.
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Dream Fragment 5
Smartly dressed in red and black The ants climb the green stalks Slowly circling and circling To coax a tightly wrapped bud Open for the hidden pink Gift of a peony sun Rising over the green mountain Of my flowering … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Early August
The morning garden chatter spoke Of the ripening chokecherries: In a week the firm green berries Have become a plump burgundy. Soon after the fledglings have flown The annual gathering begins With errant flights of drunkenness; Ending in somber discussions … Continue reading
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
The Promise
As a constant reminder I taped a yellow And a blue crocus To the inside of my head Continue to Night of the Living
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19
Untitled April
Moon and cherry tree Together in bloom, Full. Moon and blossoms Waning in light winds, Fall. Pieces of white Drop, softly caressing Sacred ground. Beneath
found in A Year in Hope, Collected, Dream Fragment 19