Sails doused and stowed, the anchor set in muddy bottom
Reclining crew rest tired feet up on the transom
Raised glasses clink as rose red sun’s descent is toasted
Day’s tales regaled, awash in evening’s pastel palette
Archive for April, 2011
Slack Tide
Posted in Lucky Enough poetry collection (Chesapeake), tagged anchored, mindfulness, present, present awareness, resting, sailing, slack tide, tide on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In Response
Posted in Randoms, Rogues and Outliers, tagged accusation, accused, age, previous lives, rebirth, retort, wisdom, youth on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Accused of youth in wisdom lacking
My reply is simply asking
Gathering Time
Posted in Randoms, Rogues and Outliers, tagged coming of age, human condition, meaning of life, purpose of life, youth on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Coming of age
Youth recedes with all its
Compelling purposes
What purpose now?
Einstein’s Proof
Posted in Randoms, Rogues and Outliers, tagged love, lovers, parting, speed of light on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
All lovers know time’s not the same
When parting as when meeting
It speeds perversely to farewells
And crawls when wanted fleeting
Leaving
Posted in Randoms, Rogues and Outliers, tagged airport, departure, flight, leaving traversing, security, travel on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Remembering your hug
Flesh takes reluctant leave of ground
Bones resist the turbined tug
Flight
Posted in Randoms, Rogues and Outliers, tagged bird, border, displaced, flight, migration, refugee on April 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Cold winds advance
Sweeping out the insect feast
Of one mind, birds lift from lakes and trees
Rising like a wintry yeast
Court$hip
Posted in Randoms, Rogues and Outliers, tagged foundation grant, fund-raising, funding proposal, fundraiser, fundraising, grant proposal, grantmaking, grantsmanship, non-profit on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
GRANTMAKER:
There’s a dire problem in the world
We’re determined to delete
If you’ve set your hat to end it too
Perhaps then we should meet