Quietly draped in muted tones

greys, blacks, multiple shades for brown

the cold slowly creeps inward

I was expecting this to occur

for the absence of you

has left me

wide open

to chill

Shadows… Read full post »

 Joys of spring

 deep greens, unfolding colour  

 gentle rain, followed warm sunlight

  ~ watercolour on rag paper MCS

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Seeing death as the end of life

 is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.

~ David Searls

At low tide

my father would

take me to a place

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There are questions

I should have asked

There are places in my memory

that I wished to explore with you

There are so many things

we left unsaid

The void you left

is sharp like broken… Read full post »

Do not count the days; make the days count.

~ Muhammad Ali

Byron is discharged

from the hospital

he says he’s

living with cancer

he’s busy

wheeling and dealing

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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom

~ Greek proverb

From the sand dunes

I watch the graceful

glide of a red-tailed hawk

pure movement

strong and free

over the gentle

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First cherry blossoms

a cuckoo, the moon and snow

another year closes

~ Sugiyama Sanpû (1647~1732)

Washing my hands

with cold water from a batter

green garden hose

separating my fingers

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The garden

Promise of the infinite virtue of nature

Close at hand

~ Haiku (short Japanese poem)

The heart of spring

is an abyss

shimmering with rebirth

Exuding the sweetness

of fresh… Read full post »

Wisdom is not meditation on death

but on life.

~Spinoza

First Robin I’ve seen

picking over the garden

dark earth and leftovers

of the long winter

rain slowly falls

what promise

each drop… Read full post »

Joy is everything; one must know

how to extract it.

~ Confucius  

The night sky

a velvet bowl

of stars

I believe

we are born

knowing

With our first breath… Read full post »

Remaining angry is like grasping a burning

coal to throw it at somebody, you are the one

who is burned.

~ The Buddha

the stillness before

a storm

Snow drifts… Read full post »

He who is Master of himself is greater

than he who is Master of the world.

~ The Buddha

Icy rain pellets my face

washing away a lifetime

tears and sorrow

The deep moaning winter wind… Read full post »

Each moment eclipses the moment before

whatever happens, this is the present

make your house here

~ Zen Meditation

In the park

children are catching

snowflakes on their tongues

Their noses are pink

cheeks rosy, eyes glossy… Read full post »

You cannot stop the birds of sadness

from flying over your head

but you can stop them from

nesting in your hair

~ Chinese proverb

a tiny Chickadee… Read full post »

The moon endures

heart of a composed soul

haze breaks into light

  ~ image by ROBO

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 A weathered spirit

 bitter chilly wind of memory

 piercing the heart like a blade

 ~ acrylic on canvas MCS

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What I most want is to spring out of this personality, then to sit apart from that leaping.

I’ve lived too long where I can be reached.

~ Rumi, “Unseen Rain”

This was my home

in another life

I feel the rising

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 Stopped to view

 a flowing cluster of yellow

 from within rock crevasses

  ~ watercolour on rag paper  MCS

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As I scribble one more line into a journal

and free myself of words that pain

sending these words into the void

simply because I have no more

room inside of me

these words have no home

I wonder

what do I… Read full post »

 Seen not heard

 pink cups poured rainwater

 when the breeze stirred

  ~ watercolour on rag paper MCS

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  Along the side road

  so fresh and appealing

  wildflowers in bloom

 ~ watercolour on rag paper MCS

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On the apple tree comes

bloom after bloom so

comes the radiance of spring

~ watercolour on rag paper MCS

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 A hushed silence

 gentle stirring breeze

 pale yellow orbs

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 The robin sings

 among new growth

 blue graces the path

~ watercolour on rag paper MCS

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