~ Frail as Ice ~

Winter snowfall frail as ice,

shifting against

polished green

bitter herbs.

Ritual of the unfree.

The wine poured,

and the door

a promise of stars.

In shadow.

Necessary.

11th March 2011

~ Waves Swell Roaring ~

 A fading, gleaming waywardness.

tightly enjoying escape.

Out in nature,

waves swell, roaring.

8th February 2011

~ The River's Stars ~

                                                                             photo by Jac Lee

  Blackening weather

as thin winter flows.

The river's stars

Unclench fists.

Trees housed in stone.

A naked red mountain

writes dark, ruined wine.

13th January 2011

~ Who Listened? ~

Summer golden.

Loudly sky.

Blue~green days.

Laughter.

See the prophet?

Who listened?

31st March 2010

~ Fired on the Craggy Poet ~

The wild wall of sea,

salting

like the gaudy trees

of Scarlet Valley,

fired on the craggy poet...

Death of a Lover.

18th October 2009

New Moon

~ Have the Imagination ~



Have the imagination.

The forest: leaves, a waterfall,

a face in the rock.

Winter rain, and the crow

in the graveyard.

The fever of the drums;

the warrior with the sword;

the fire and water

warm by the black crossing.

Exhausted hands

of the West

of the East

leave nothing

to write about.

20th October 2009