Webs of Creativity

I thought I published this yesterday, but word press put it in Wednesday’s reader queue, not Thursday’s. This has happened to me several times … Grrr! Threaded symmetryUnconscious patternsCoded by genesThe molecularBecomes the visibleCode becomes instinctSpinning a storySilken wordsWoven by consciousnessWe humans are gracedWith the task of seeingCelebrating our world

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Webs of Life

Threaded symmetryUnconscious patternsCoded by genesThe molecularBecomes the visibleCode becomes instinctSpinning a storySilken wordsWoven by consciousnessWe humans are gracedWith the task of seeingCelebrating our world

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Moon Magic

Our maternal moonListening, reflectingSoftened brilliance of the gods “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it” -Roald Dahl Paintings by Kawase Hasui

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Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

Ferocious cold windBlowing sand and saltYet you shine so brilliantly

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Amayzing!

Lavender blushShiny new verdureSpring splendor!

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The Myth of Cassandra

Condemned by ApolloTo always speak the truthBut never to be believedHalf our countryHalf our worldLiving in falsehoodA handful of despotsManufacturing liesAccumulating evilNature speaks honestlyIn prophecyShe is my refuge

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As Time Goes By

Symmetry, colorSpring's renewalMore marvelous as I age

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Wildflower Poetry

So many new wildflowersWordless songsPoetry in petals Seaside daisies

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Easter ... An Island

You cut down all the treesNo wood left to make a boatNo way to escapeAn island so remoteNo way to fish upon the seaNo fruit left to harvestFlightless birds were all killedSocietal darknessYou waded into the waterCatching what you could by handA tragedy of heedlessnessThat would only expandThe dolphins and fish moved awayWise to your desperationThe cliff nesting seabirdsTook permanent vacationYou…

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Resurrection of a Dream

A lost fragment of a dreamFloats into viewLate in the dayBelieved extinctIn the morningThe image is somehow rekindledOrdinary life recedesAttention rivetedThe image is allThe mystery is realInterior, transcendentThe cosmos in a dream NASA Webb Telescope image

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Poppies

What are we?Why are we?Answers no easier with ageBut maybe the questions are clearerLife clings tenaciouslyWherever it canConstantly striving to beA poppy, a bird, you, or meSo much improbability, entropyIn Life’s TreeYet so much defiant braveryYes, I will exist!And do my bestTo use my giftsTo wonder, and discoverTo meet the gaze of a wild creatureAnd ask that question … Why?To feel, if only for…

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Irises

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Leap!

Happy Leap Day!! Winter's waning daysSpring Exuberance-Leap across!To spring Fever!

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Flower or Fruit?

Which blossoms will become fruit?But for the busyness of a bird or a beeWhich will fall silentlyInto death's obscurityWe enter this life of uncertaintyWith no guaranteesNature offers us so many mirrorsOf our instincts and frailtiesIn nature I can find my spirituality If you look closely, there is a bee in the photo!

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Stillness

Surface stillnessBelies percolating depthsMisunderstandingsSolitude, quietudeEssential nutrientsFor an introvert

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Brief Thoughts of Spring

Unfolding potentialsSpiraling fantasiesOf Spring Unfurling giant fern fronds in a redwood forest

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Unfolding fern fronds in a redwood forest