World Oceans Day 2020 I unravel my apology in her waves and I ask what I can do. The moon pulls at the hem of her blue dress and her hands slip away from mine. She leaveswhat she can no longer carryon the sand : The starving sea turtlewho ate too manyplastic jellyfish. The poisoned … Continue reading Responsibility
Watercolors
In the twilight we marvel at this watercolored world. Our eyes, a blend with the marbled sea and the sky’s pearlescent peach. I try to outline the horizon, but in dampened air my pen just bleeds. The sea breeze paints ussoft and blueas we slip into the mist. We share a sacredintimacy — within our … Continue reading Watercolors
Mother’s Day Poems
Garden She taught me how to tend the gardenplanted in my soul: the times to sow,the times to to prune,to nourish, protect and cradle. But never neglectto pray with hope —for the blooms will come back,( they will always come back ). On the beach today On the beach todaycurled up in the warm island … Continue reading Mother’s Day Poems
A moment in the sunrise
I try to never miss a sunrise to paint my intentions within a landscape completely indifferent to me. I can seamlessly slip through the spiderwebbed crackson my little patio and into the sunlit glow of a sacred space, exhaling my prayers and wildflower hopes to breathe in peace made with the day’s groundlessness; understandingthe unknowingsand … Continue reading A moment in the sunrise
I fell in love with Poetry
A love story #prose #poetry I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when I fell in love with Poetry. Somewhere between the summer nights and the carelessness of his hair. Of course, he was a musician with this hypnotizing rhythm and a smile like Chardonnay. Just the way that he knocked at my door that autumn … Continue reading I fell in love with Poetry
Synergy & Seal Haikus
Synergy Before the coral reefs felt pain and the oceans could speak English we were as one,the mountains and I,as were the sea lionsand constellations . Before our spiritscould be sacrificedfor jewels and false images we exhaledwith the ebbing tidesin waves combined of energies . God made usto participateone bodyand one spirit — when stars … Continue reading Synergy & Seal Haikus
Poems on my heart
Five poems My Dearest Crippling Expectations, If I do more will that be moreof what you like? If I contour my armoruntil it’s contorted just right? If I suffer a deathby small paper cutsand fold into yourmost perfect origami will that beenough? At least for tonight? A Love of Learning In loveI’ve : bloomed inirreplaceableburning … Continue reading Poems on my heart
Exquisitely Dressed / Haikus on the Beach
Exquisitely dressed are the shoresthat hem the oceanic abyss: cashmere sands are icedin crystalline fishnet nylons adorned are corsetswith bones of coraland buttonsof tiffany blue diamonds effervescent watersstill bubble upbeneath the foam-trimmed tulle gowns of brackish satinlearn to let goof their most treasured pearls skirts of gelatin pirouettetheir secrets laced in seaweed embraced for love … Continue reading Exquisitely Dressed / Haikus on the Beach
Lullaby
On sailboatswe glissade —ceasing all activity from choppy shores to tranquil watersthat ripple tosimplicity. Boundlessly we float, we restin lovingkindness. Breathing in thesoftened skies we welcomeocean’s lullabies. “Lullabye” cover by Katy Funke https://youtu.be/DR73kyKrTeE Today I wanted to create a special recording project for my friends and family who just had babies or are expecting very … Continue reading Lullaby
Sea Turtles
In this endless bluemy heart swells& breakson rocksin waves; my mindas loudas tsunamis. But you,you glidethrough time & spaceto reveal the truthsin each our souls. Each stroke a meditative dance your cosmic travelsin utter silence. Can you teach mea shred of your stillness —a grain of yourgentle strength? With just a glimpse of the galaxiesin … Continue reading Sea Turtles
