Wednesday, March 31, 2021

I Add Myself Back Into the World

I add myself back
Into the world
One small step
At a time
A toe
In the water
Then a foot
Then a step back
A toe forward
These things
Take time
Remember
These things
Take time

Monday, March 29, 2021

Found Art

Found art
It's everywhere
To be discovered
 
The bird on my bookshelf
Was created
From left-behind 
Beach barbecue grills
 
Found art
It requires the eye
For discovery
To see the requisite bones
Contained within
 
Found art
That beach barbecue grill
Origami-folded
Into a crow
Wings spread
Beak open
Perched 
On the bookshelf
 
Found art
 
 
 

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Ease Back In

Things begin
To ease back in
To more normal 
I realize I am not so good
At easing
There is a possibility
To pace
To take small steps
Before strides
I will never run
But I can
Ease back in
With the rest
Of the world
 

Friday, March 26, 2021

Riding in on a Donkey

Holy Week 
From a distance
It comes riding in
On a donkey
In the parking lot
We all will wait
To be part 
Of the parade
Peer into the temple
Still shrouded
In pandemic 
A foretelling
Of what is yet
To come

Thursday, March 25, 2021

All or Nothing

All or nothing
My first retreat
Until I force myself
To consider
There are options
In between
Again I need reminders
The options 
Are endless
Sometimes I sit
With nothing for awhile
Until something
Comes along

Sunday, March 21, 2021

The Hope and the Fear

I hold  them together
The hope and the fear
Together one
 
If left divided
One cannot inform
The other

Hope can have no knowledge gained
From fear
Fear no knowledge
From hope
 
Any knowledge gained
Is knowledge
Intertwined



Saturday, March 20, 2021

New Breath

With new breath
Comes new life
 
With new life
Comes new perspective
 
With new perspective
New possibilities 
Arise 

And then they will be there
To be harvested
The fruit will surely come
But what the crop will yield
Remains
Unknown

Sunday, March 14, 2021

My Job Was to Come Before

My job
Was to come before
The others
To follow
Expand the vision
 
My job now
Is to watch 
To put an
Atta girl in here
An
Atta girl in there

My job now
Is to write down
What I see

Cobblestones

We seek smooth roads
Find cobblestones instead
They jar us
Awake
Only to think
We may find
Smooth roads
No
Cobblestones
 

Saturday, March 13, 2021

Friends I May Never Meet

There are friends
I may never meet
 
Let it be
 
Still 
I count them
As friends
No matter the meeting
 
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
 
 
 
 

Friday, March 12, 2021

Fennel

The fennel
With all its
Furry fronds
Takes over
The refrigerator
It will be part 
Of several salads
This week
I find the fronds
Everywhere
Tracked from the kitchen floor
To points beyond
 

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Conundrum

When two things
Call out
And you answer both
At once
Which one begs the most
The bigger one
The smaller one
The one who most needs
Your attention
When tomorrow comes
Who will you tune in to
To gather more information
Or less 
In the morning
Who will take precedence


Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Hair

Have you ever thought
To dye your hair
He said
You might have an easier time
Being taken
More seriously
If your hair
Was blonde
 

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Abscission

I search for words
To name the cycles
Of the seasons
In autumn
The deciduous drop
Of leaves
Is called
Abscission 
So many words
To name the natural order
Abscission
Is often paired
With senescence
Except senescence
Refers to 
The growth 
Of new fruit
The old must leave
For the new to come
 

Friday, March 5, 2021

New Translation

I bought myself
A new translation
Of Scripture
This Lent
Already things appear
Different
The wilderness
Is just as wild
But from a different angle
This is what new translations
Do
In addition
This translation
Has color pictures

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Pussy Willows

 He shows me he loves me
With pussy willows
No roses will do
But pussy willows
Carry strength
And catkins
If left in water
They sprout green
He shows me he loves me
With pussy willows
No roses
Are enough