Thursday, March 31, 2016

70 mph wind gusts. Death Valley.


God of the Garden

The God of the garden 
Welcomes me 
Home 

Death Valley. 
May be beautiful 
And far 
But it is not 
Green with flowers 
And 
Too many spring 
Weeds 

It is quieter -
Until the wind blows 
Then it feels like time 
To dig a hole 
In the dusty ground 
To get away from 
Blowing sand that stings 
As it hits my leg -
Can't stand up straight -
Walking like a drunken person -
And the sun -
Which dries all things 
Is very fierce
There 

Beautiful mountains. -

Here -
I have the sea -
All places seem to have 
Some version
Of crows -
As one flys by 

A hummingbird 
Comes near -
Sits on a branch 
Above my head 
And looks at me 
Saying 
Why -

Why don't you have 
a hummingbird feeder 
For me 

Thank you 
God of the Garden 
For being here 
To welcome me 
Home 

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Dragons and Unicorns

Reading the bible 
Again,
With a more adult curiousity,
I find -
Dragons and 
Unicorns mentioned 
Many times !

Water being turned to wine 
And multiplying loaves and fishes 
Is mentioned with much more 
Amazement 
Than the common everyday occurrence 
Of dragons and 
Unicorns 

What am I to make of this -
Seriously !
The blind can see 
The lame can walk 
And dragons and 
Unicorns lounge around 
In the public square 
Causing no great calamity

The Roman solders must have had 
Special divisions 
To fight them 
Or catch them 
Or deal with them 
     Somehow 
Special nets 
For unicorns
(Pet them) 
Special harnesses for dragons 
(Ride them) 

It is in a book 
Which some say I must believe in 
Literally !
- some say 
It is open to interpretation -
Some hardly look at it 
At all 

God is love 
And light -
To be sought 
Within

And there are dragons 
And unicorns 

But -
Loving "my" neighbors 
Is not so easy 





Thursday, March 17, 2016

Ploughing

Trying to find some 
Time away 
Seems a bit like 
Ploughing 
     A field 
Everyone wants 
     Something -
There are horses 
To harness 
And bargains to be 
     Made 
There is money to be 
     Set aside 
 Now -
     With everything costing 
More and more -

I still want to see 
The sky 
And have some 
Quiet time -
Some time among 
The trees

No one seems to understand 
This 
The Taoist Hemit 
Within 
Needs a bit of 
Expression
Now and then 

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Donation Button!!

Just in case 
You might have 
Lots of money
And would like to be 
"A patron of the arts"

I have 
(With help)
And much pondering 
And 
Poking of buttons 
And 
Reading of unintelligible 
     Instructions

- Two hours it took us -
There has been installed 
(With much hopeful wishing 
And imagination) 
A donation button 
On this blog 

The dream is 
That just a few millionaires 
- From somewhere on earth -
Would like to donate 
     To the cause of 
My continued 
     Survival 
(Not that I will perish 
Without them)
But 
It would be sooooo cool 
To have a stash $$
To be able to prop up this old house 
To shop 
     At more 
Than the dollar store 

- Just sayin -



Friday, February 26, 2016

brilliance


Brilliance

Going through 
Old papers 
Containing -
Brilliant thoughts and 
     Ideas 
And plans 

- filled up a whole sack 
Of that -
For trash
- can't have too much 
Brilliance
- don't have 
Room

Every day in 
Every way 
Throw something 
Out !

Go through old stuff 
And sift
And sort 

Different things are 
Important now 
The time is running 
Out 

Many things 
would have happened
      by now 
- if they were 
     Going to 

This used to make me sad 
Thinking why not "I"
Why shouldn't I have 
What I think I 
     Should have 
And even better -

     Some wonderful things 
Which haven't even occurred 
To me 
Yet

But now I know 
A brilliant thing -
     - having enough
To eat 
And 
A place to sleep 

Is the best idea 
Yet