Beauty

. Ode to the Zeer Across the Sahel states, the humble zeer, A pear-shaped or full-bellied earthen pot Strains muddy...

. Autumn Fades The orange leaves decay to crinkling gray, And sunsets sink and fade the clouds to black. “You’ll...

. Hard To Tell With attributes that only those who know him understand, A countenance deceptive, and a being hard...

. Leave Above the land, suspended, green and grand and splendid, we furnish food for trees, whisper with the breeze...

. Tranquil Tokonoma One thing a perfect purple rose cannot Accomplish is a type of sadness.  Man Is best at...

. Emergence A child within the chrysalis, __awaiting to emerge. __Fruition and desire, __hoping to converge. The years prove long...

. Patient in a Nursing Home Such a frantic brilliance in the flagpole’s banging chain! I’m blind, __confined, ____but now...

. Phoebus I saw the sun catch in your hair, Your silhouette against the glare. I heard your laughter rise...

. An Invitation While treading my locality's __New-slathered pavement grass, There came a flying, loud "hello" __From sprightly Mr. Das....

. Across a Strong Bridge upon the marriage of two friends In a weary world that's grown quite old, Where...

. Hope Hope feels so strange these days, at times a bit Like something old that now no longer fits;...

. Mud Our clip-on angel wings are cast from shards of glass, The sorry hymns we sing are drowned in...

. The Web of Sustenance __Voraciously the lion feeds, But leaves the scraps for jackals and hyenas— __To each according...

. The Leper “When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and...

. Lucifer’s Lament They’ve gone too far. They’ve set the bar So high that I’m no longer star Of My...

. Lunatic Paused at a churchyard when it’s eventide I see flit by a bright blue butterfly. Magnolia fragrance wafts...

. Holding Dad's Hands . Friday May 3, 2019 I’m driving fast (at least it’s fast to me,) The nurse’s...

. The Wise Farmer ---based on a Zen parable attributed to Alan Watts A farmer in China was left by...

. Moon Glow The calm of the twilight should bring him some peace. He sees yellow remnants of sun get...

. Paperbark Maples The leaves grow bright with dew; the trunks grow dark. A contrapuntal autumn morning stirs. The smoothest...

. Winter’s Bed Ere the sun should spread its beams We sleep and pray for candied dreams. An angel to...

. Dublin Swans “Wholly serene and sure, with regal composure, allows himself to glide.” ---Rainer Maria Rilke, “The Swan” I...

. Prodigious Dreams Let not these Autumn notes lead you amiss. Autumn, indeed, is come (the signs are all around)....

. But Who Am I? “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and...

. Sicilian Samurai circa 1700 He made a startling, militant request To journey to Japan—strange land long closed To foreign...

. The Outdoor Concert ---Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra at Wilton House, 2004 The long thick winding snake must stretch two hundred...

. Beltane Dream Did I pass that way in dreams or waking? For truthfully, it seems to me a dream:...

. Chasing Time  "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a...

. The Loons of Colby Lake a true story As thawing white gave way to budding green, two loons upon...

. The Faltering In time the sharpest mind begrimes with rust and memories are flaked from softened steel. Beliefs once...

. Like Him "But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord,...

. The Lighthouse In honor of the Thridrangar Lighthouse and the intrepid men who built it. Alone it stands, perched...

. Ephemeral Our lives are like a summer’s day So swift, so swift, it flies away. A butterfly that’s newly...

. Beauty Flowers are the faded stars that fall from silver skies, Raindrops are the sacred tears that leak from...

. In the Shade There Meekly Grows a Plant urushiol (yoo-roo-shee-awl) is the name of the compound in poison ivy...

. When I Have Penned My Final Thoughts _When Ihave penned my final thoughts and left to meet_the sky,don't organize...

. Cracks in the Ground Today the mourning parish bells have pealed. Men broke the dirt with family gathered round,...

. Centaury The clear night sky spreads wide a tapestry of beauty in the stars that shimmer all throughout the...

. Cat Contentment The cat begins his yawn by curling out His pinkest tongue tip as his lips begin To...

. Evensong “It’s your Church, Lord, I’m going to bed.” ---Evening Prayer of Pope St. John XXIII I know you’re...