Outside,inside

 

The rain pours and storm is coming
Snow covers the mountains
Rivers may overflow

Inside is festive
And keeping warm.

A prayer

“Create in me a new heart, O God.”

note: I’m reading The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen for our group read.

 

one hour

“I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring―I wrote my very best poem while sitting on the hen-house.

“How much one can learn in an hour?”

“Perhaps watching someone you love suffer can teach you even more than suffering yourself can.”

-Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle.

note: I just finished reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. First published in 1948. A love story. Meta-writing.Very good read. Enjoyable.

Laughter

Why does beauty sometimes make us
feel sad and unselfishness
looks so bewildering?

We live in interpretive world
walking a path of expectations
strewn with attainments and praises.

Our efforts carry promises
measured movement forward
gentle steps that will not frighten a cat.

Share your laughter with the world
audaciously unfold your mirth
cathartic and contagious.

To begin again

One truck arrives, one truck leaves
hauling and dumping dirt soil and uprooted trees
catalogue of losses: shades and shelters.

What is real?
What is illusion?
Sharpen the pencil, begin writing
you don’t need a giant wave to rise.