After the Sea Broke
After the sea broke the lighthouse went cold just when we needed it most– a white light filling with blues. …
Tag Archives: Poetry
Blue Day With Man
BLUE There is the ocean: blue, blue green, blue and more, a blue and green and blue green blue blue …
Red Brocade: A Poem by Naomi Shihab Nye
A friend gave me Naomi Shihab Nye‘s wonderful 19 Varieties of Gazelle a month or so ago. I regularly use …
You May Hold My Falcon
Visit Welcome to Abu Dhabi, the Minister of Culture said. You may hold my falcon as we visit. He slipped …
Breathing
Breathing out ourselves breathing in so many others slowly, as we age, we change the pure light of her laughter …
I Had A Brother Once
I had a brother once who tried in deep woods not to walk on water. He failed and proved that …
The Republic of Poetry
by Martin Espada For Chile In the republic of poetry, a train full of poets rolls south in the rain …
Tongue of War: Some Poems
Beach Landing, Iwo Jima They didn’t shoot at us. A silent scene until we clogged the beach, and then–all hell, …
St. Patrick’s Day Remembrance
We had to leave the Hunger said my Da. We walked the half of Ireland trying not to see what …
The Way
Lao Tzu’s (Old Master) Tao Te Ching [Way and Virtue The Ancient Text] is one of the oldest meditations we …
Big Sur in the Autumn on a Birthday
The cliffs of the Santa Lucia Range in years, a mere 5 million old, made up of parts 100 million …
Rumi: A Poet Like No Other
What a fortune it is to have friends to send you arrows that lodge in your heart! I got a …