The leaves on my maple start life in fragile shades of green. They tentatively unfurl pale lime, sometimes golden. They grow toward summer. Slick rubbery surfaces become verdant labs, energy pads; an alchemical mission marrying sun, dirt, and water from who knows where. Some leaves are breezy cool; blowing their rustle in bluish notes. Some are robust …
Tag: poetry
Poem: One River One Boat by Marjory Wentworth
Marjory Wentworth's poem "One River One Boat" deserves to be heard.
See
Enduring mystery. Lures curiosity. Look more closely. Or, you will never see.
Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
Just a little ditty on the value of repeating when trying to plant a message, an idea, a concept....
Poem: Tidepools
A poem about seeing. About how how glimmering glamouring can hide what lies in the depths: Little ripples charge the light ....
Shot at the Sublime
Don't we all have that burning desire deep inside of something we want to do, a version of ourselves we want to be? This poem is about what that feels like for me: The day starts out navy,turns violet-gray,then, that pale yellow starts to heat things up. The sun throws it and I catch it,because I'm …
Poem: Is This How It’s Made?
A poem honoring visionaries and the vision in each of us: What is in the seer's seeing? What renders the light of recognition? What mysterious mechanism...
