Thursday, May 30, 2013
Screen Door
... screen door opens to small faces
... withered hands tenderly place drooping cowslips in a green vase
... crossed legs cradle a favorite book
... on the page a grizzly bear scooping salmon from a stream
... summer seeping through etched glass
Photograph by Wilma Birdwell
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Apple Orchard Morning
... apple orchard morning / old metal baskets
... herbs drying in the cabin
... horses hug the fence line
The photograph is mine.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Red Chimneys
... the misty breath of autumn
... grey smoke curling from red chimneys
Poem by guest poet, Cletis Stump : twitter.com/cletisthepoet
Photograph by Rod Kirkpatrick
Monday, May 27, 2013
An Unfinished Poem
... a silver earring / an unfinished poem
... a sandal with a broken strap
Sunday, May 26, 2013
The Meadowlark Sings
... over the prairie
... storm clouds
... in tall grass the meadowlark sings
Photograph by Jeff Rennicke
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
The Birth of Summer
... held together by stolen spiderwebs
... this tiny nest of moss and seeds
... the hummingbird gives birth to summer
Photograph by Shireen Nadir: http://thebluebrick.ca
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Cat Morning
... cat morning ... stretches
... curls softly around the porch
Poem by guest poet, Cletis Stump : twitter.com/cletisthepoet
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Lights from the Barn
... lights from the barn cast an amber glow
on the frozen river
... bewildered owl looks for the moon
Photograph by John Vose
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Where the Farmhouse Stood
... where the farmhouse stood a new marsh forms
... where once we slept in beds beneath bright stars // blackbirds on thin reeds
Photograph by Julien Ratel
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Where the Rails Converge
... living this railroad walking life / stepping from tie to tie
... looking for something up there ... up there where the rails converge
Poem by guest poet, Cletis Stump : twitter.com/cletisthepoet
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Whippoorwill Calling
... whippoorwill calling in the cool august night
... a woman's handbag ... left open on the table
Painting by Michael A. DiGiorgio
Friday, May 17, 2013
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Ghosts on the River
... dusk falls
... the curious owl calls to the ghosts on the river
... white pelicans fold their wings
The photograph is mine.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Emerson by Lamplight
on summer nights a multitude of crickets sing in the dark
reminding the childless couple inside they are not alone
winter nights they read Emerson by lamplight while La traviata
sails round and round on the green felt of the aging Victrola
after the house has fallen quiet she walks outside
watches as each star takes its place across the vast night sky
in the spring when it feels like the wind might never stop blowing
she looks out at the endless rolling hills ~ remembers the ocean
The photograph is mine.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Blackberry Jam
... in a jar of blackberry jam / my mother's last summer
Photograph: http://aurevoirantoine.wordpress.com/
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Songs of Earth
... bayou summer
... sensual / rhythmic
... songs of water / songs of earth
Poem by guest poet, Cletis Stump : twitter.com/cletisthepoet
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Morning Soft Breeze
... morning soft breeze
... she moves to him
... creamy lace moved gently to the side
... a single chair for two
Photograph by Harold Feinstein
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Moonlight Falls
... under the moon of wild phlox
... coyotes circle the field
... moonlight falls on the cabin's tin roof
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Grass Stains
... grass stains on her eyelet sundress / longhorns in the distance
... on his tongue / the beautiful rolling of words
Monday, May 6, 2013
In Mud Boots and Flannel
... in mud boots and flannel / we prune apple trees
... sacrificing the fragile for the strong
... I stand among them ... and weep
Painting by Isaac Levitan (1860 - 1900)
Sunday, May 5, 2013
She Walks
... wearing slippers of lichen and moss
... she walks in the woods by the river
... butterflies tremble on raspberry stained fingers
Photograph by Brett Price
... she walks in the woods by the river
... butterflies tremble on raspberry stained fingers
Photograph by Brett Price
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The Compass in Your Heart
A new frontier is waiting for you ... Go / don't dawdle
Harness the mules / pack the wagon / take everything
You won't be returning
And don't forget the music box
The one that plays Some Enchanted Evening
You'll need it on the trail
Leave the maps / put down that compass
You know true north / it's in your heart
Go / and don't look back
You'll know when you get there
My reading of this poem on public radio:
https://beta.prx.org/stories/114570
Friday, May 3, 2013
After the Storm
... late day blue sky / after the storm
the attendant wind
brushes sunlight from the yellow grass
Poem by guest poet, Cletis Stump: http://twitter.com/cletisthepoet
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The World Is Yours
those little purple flowers growing on the side of the road in eastern wyoming
are yours
the cumulus clouds hanging over the sangre de cristos in late summer
they're yours
the black rocks emerging from the water's edge at old orchard beach
they're yours too
as is the lighthouse at cape elizabeth
that stretch of road on the south shore of lake superior leading to the apostle islands
you know that's yours
the last turn in the road leaving the cumberland plateau
it's all yours
the world and everything in it
My reading of this poem on public radio: https://beta.prx.org/stories/118548
The photograph is mine, taken at Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
On Luminous Wings
in a perfect triangle
of light
Photograph by Bernd Ruttkowski
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