Saturday, January 9, 2010

Friday, January 8, 2010

january's blue light

yesterday at the edge of the grey cloud mass
above the overcut western ridges
the blue line light of winter

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

random winter collage 4

note to a friend

the constant fingering
of scars
thick and erratic

some wounds never heal

follow the path to a tree
watch the brown creeper
spiral up
probing the cracks and crevices
feeding, feeding

in the spring
behind the loose bark
in the wounds of the tree
flaking away
a cup of moss and twigs

and it goes on


Friday, January 1, 2010

First bird of the new year

quiet all morning but
for the dripping trees and the sound of traffic
on the road
below

dee...ddee...dedede
calling for their sisters and
brothers,uncles and aunts,mothers and fathers
my neighbors foraging in the wood
mountain chickadees

Happy New Year!

It is the readiness of the mind that is wisdom.
-Shunryu Suzuki