Snapshot Poems 2006
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Snapshot Poem 15 November 02006
I dream of moving to a smaller house. Why not live in my grandmother’s house? A man takes me to some cave-like place, lays out his complaints,his sad stories. Who is the enemy? I begin to accept that I have limits. So much I won’t be able to bring with me. But this palomino horse!… Continue reading
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Snapshot Poem 08 November 02006
Autumn morning. Sun and cloud cast a net of light and shadow across the mountain; a shifting pattern: background, foreground. On the other side of the river, a heron watches from a leaflesscottonwood. White ice floats on the surface of the water. Politics, war, corruption, pull me out my self. I give the birds stale… Continue reading
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Snapshot Poem 01 November 02006
Samhain. Halloween. Under a clouded moonwe fall into the dark. This morning I woke in your arms, but when I opened my eyes, only white sheets. Outside snow. Continue reading
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Snapshot Poem 25 October 02006
Cat on my shoulder, dog at my knee, I live amidst amulets, icons, paintings by unknown artists, carvings by Indonesian strangers, figures that invoke religions that are not mine; spirit that is. Leaves come down in a clatter of color. The windchimes ring. Ah, I’m just not feeling very poetic today… Continue reading
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Snapshot Poem 18 October 02006
I don’t want to get up. I don’t want to walk the dogs. I don’t want to write a poem. Perhaps I’ll tidy the livingroom. Perhpas I’ll cook a meal. Perhaps I’ll watch the television. I don’t want to write a poem. Out the window, only grey. In the house, darkness, and demanding pets. I… Continue reading
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