Saturday, January 23, 2016

The Writing Truck

The writing truck -
It may not be much
Parked beside the roadside 
     Such-

But I have my 
Coffee and 
My cookie and 
A notebook and a phone
     Such -
Writing tools are
     These 

Someday I dream 
To have a modern 
Motor home
Or at least some kind of 
Van 
In which to stand 
And move about
     And even 
Stretch out -
For a little nap 
Here 
     By the sea

But for now it
Will have to do -
At least the view 
Is something 
To write
About

The ocean gives us 
     Pause
          Wild and deep
If it had a tsunami here
     And now
I would be gone 
This life-song 
     Done
In a cataclysm of 
     Fishes

The writing truck


Monday, January 18, 2016

Conspiracies and Ghostly Lights

Watching utube 
Late at night 
Conspiracies and ghostly 
      Lights
Things on the moon 
That just aren't right 
And why are they not leaving us alone 
And letting us 
     Get on with it 
Did they cause all the major 
Wars 
And are they 
Still 
Do they educate us 
To believe 
That  
Everything they say 
Is true 
Did they kill them 
One by one 
The ones who sought 
To set us free 
Beginning with the one 
They hung up 
On the tree 
The one who came 
To set us free 

Yes 
It makes my head spin 
To wonder 
And that's the fun of it 
Beats the heck out of regular 
TV 
Where nothing is a 
Mystery 
Except, of course, 
The Mysteries

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Savoir Faire

Oh thou fighters and
Angry young men 
And those who wish to 
CONQUER THE WORLD !!!

Would you please learn to dance !
And have a glass of wine 
And hold your partner close 
And listen to the music 

It seems that the Tango takes 
Away the aggression -
Like grounding your electricity -
Your attention could then be given

To steps and hugs and 
Finesse
To moves and turns 
And interplay with 
Another 

War 
Would then seem 
Foolish -
As it is 

There are more important things 
To do 
With your precious time 
With your fleeting youth 

- Hold one another 
Move
Have politeness
And savoir faire

Much better than 
Bombs 
And tragedy 



Friday, January 1, 2016

The Great Connection

New Year's Day 
And I have had 
Oatmeal 
For breakfast !
- a "plant based diet" 
No bacon 
No eggs 
Hopefully not 
     "Genetically modified"
Oats . . .

Not that I will do this 
Everyday -
I prefer to be free
Of platitudes and 
Pronouncements
As much as may be 
Possible 

And this afternoon I will be 
Watching 
The great American 
FOOTBALL GAME 
and ROSE PARADE
On someone's great big 
TV 

God save us !!

In the past 
I have avoided such 
As being much too 
Much! 
But 
I am turning over a 
New Leaf 
Of going along with what 
Happens to be happening 
As long as there is no direct injury 
Involved 
To either party

They may carry a few players 
Off the field 
And many roses had to die 
To decorate 
But 
The players make millions 
To suffer such 
And roses were born
To be sacrificed

To be given 
To lovers in love -
To be the sign 
Of perfect love -
Of spiritual heart
Opening -

The rose within us
Needs to be watered 
To be fed
To be nurtured
And to be admired 
For what it is 

-Our great connection 
With that Love of
Pure creation 
Pure beingness
Oneness
Love







Thursday, December 31, 2015

New Years Tonight

New Years tonight 
It's just a number 
After all 
Whether we count it 
This way or 
That way 
We begin to count 
Again 

We have a moment to 
Reflect 
To wonder 
To resolve to 
Make 
No resolutions 
And to just 
Try 
And live in 
The moment 
Responding to 
The necessities

Creating a space 
Around us 
Of beauty and peace 
Loving what's happening 
Being kind 

God bless us everyone