Posted in Seasons on April 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Sun comes from the east
rain from the west
over the city they meet
A shiny wet glittering sparkling jolt
dewdrops and rainbows
gleaming sunrise and weighty haze
Daily they collide
in some new pattern
some new and colorful array
each one a gem, unique and beautiful
stormy or lively or mild.
Posted in Seasons on April 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Someone threw water on the sun
pink and sizzling
great gouts of steam billowing
from beyond the hazy hills.
Someone froze the moment
fading daylight stilled
vapor fixed and motionless
wisps of mist like cotton candy stuck
against the pale sky.
Someone, seize it
capture it, in words or broad brush strokes
keep it, hold it
never let it go.
Posted in Seasons on April 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Sprung from the earth
dropped from the sky
Vivid and cheery and bright
Drifting down the river
riding on my shoulder
the marriage of water and light.
The luminous east
ominous west
between, everything
every shade in the city
the sky, the earth
every color sharp and clean.
This way and that he bends
along the arc of the bridge
the curve of the hills
stretching, embracing
spanning the city as if to say
here lies my pot of gold.
Posted in Cosmos on April 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
A flash across the midnight sky
blazing bright
An instant of passion
annihilation
A moment’s splendor
a glimpse of vivid glory
brief and blinding
a resplendent streak of grandeur
obliteration.
A thousand tons of solid rock
unbound, soaring
approaching ever nearer heaven’s brilliance
transformed
once massive, fixed and steadfast
now an insubstantial wisp of gas and dust
ephemeral, intangible
oblivion.
The sky, which held such promise
would be my shrine
its vault, mine
its infinity
my end
my limit
my demise.
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