Those Eyes
With such calm certainty Those eyes looked back at me And I was lost I knew before I said That I as sure as had Foresworn the cost A clear pearl on a string And…
Category: Original Poetry
Rosary Mysteries
Joyful Virgin dressed in brown Riding into that little town Your husband looks for a place to stay Your Baby is coming any day His coming will bring great delight His presence a much desired…
Melting Clock
Tick-Tock. Tick-Tock. The clock is melting off the shelf. Tick. Drop by drop, it forms a muddy black and white pool on theshelf below. Tock. A larger drop falls from the shelf to the floor,…
Dreaming Culture
Fire on the earth. Seeds in the garden. Rain from the sky. I sit. I breathe. I dream. Big trees, dancing over many years – too slow to really see, without living oneself as they…
A Bard’s Prayer
Let me catch the flame, Golden, glittering, glaring, So my fingers may glow as I hold the pen. Let me taste the wine, Sweet, smooth, sumptuous, So my speech may be seasoned when I tell…
Cap O’ Rushes: An Old English Fairy Tale in Verse
Once there lived a very rich manWho three daughters did haveHe thought to ask them one fine dayHow each did love him soTo see how fond each daughter wasHe questioned them thorough“How much do you…
Connecting with a Tree
Breathe out through the mouthPush from the stomachThen the chestRoll the shoulder inPush out the breathPush it awayBreathe in slowly through the noseFeel it pass the throatFill the chestArch your back to fill in every…
Meditation on the Longing for Death
Each night I sleep, my body to restore,Yet morning rise, as weary as before.The day renewed, such newness life has not:Each day is with the same despondence fraught. Down on my knees I pray my…
Your Voice
I thought I heard a whisper in the wind,Your voice calling – “Come to me again.”“My beautiful child” –you saidMy thirsting soul, my hungry heart you fed.I walked a path to Calvary Hill,You hung from…