rainy days

the breath of the world

circular

the breath

of the word

glass

full of glass

my lungs bleed

and my heart

7000 pieces

high water

riding the world of endless war

rowing

ravens rise

two above the median

of our addiction

31 Dec 2010

another year of slips and

slides

nothing so black and white

only the dog

and the sky

a thin shell of blue

november 17

i am wrapping the package

yesterday's dream and today's

the steely gray phase

whistling moon

three deer and an owl

under a young moon

the owl flushes

near

then the deer

Easter Troglodytes

snow veils the trees

a Douglas squirrel digs in the snow

beneath the feeder

(home movie for the dog

who sits quietly watching

juncos join the excavation

and later on a walk

up the road

a winter wren greeting

march snow

here it is snowing again

and the creek runs low

the footstep rocks covered with rime

waiting in the gray light

for your calling

now the dog and i

alone

more careful crossing the creek

the rocks slick with all those memories

the dog growing patient with age