Today – A Poem

Today is the only menu item at life’s feast ready to be served We can order yesterday but that menu has been archived We can try to order the future but its plates are shelved We may enjoy today: to go, a la cart, or home delivery And, if life is our mother sauce; then,Continue reading “Today – A Poem”

Blank Canvas – A Poem

<<<Please click or tap the image above, to view the slide show>>> Snow paints Winter’s Solstice Coloring urban, rural masterpieces, In the flowers of lilies-of-the-valley, Their garments all, as white as snow. **** My friends, I am using the new “Story Post” feature in WordPress. This post may look a bit out of sorts onContinue reading “Blank Canvas – A Poem”

Ornamentum – A Poem

Fresh snow, falls in Northern sheets on the bed of night, Hemming satin pillows in canticles of the Magnificat. December writes its liturgy in Summer praise, Selah! Where Southern daisies embellish the tundra in gerbera, While the North, in icicle chandeliers, etch Winter’s laser. Tipping its hat to both seasons in its December orbit, TellusContinue reading “Ornamentum – A Poem”

Seasons – A Poem

The seasons do not upon the earth’s heart, a burden be Instead, festoons its gladness on every tree. If leaves and buds in their fair branches be, There it sends magpies, pigeons and chickadees. If autumn winds to leaves their epiphany call, Their energy, transformative love to fertile soil. In warm hearted grace, Earth saysContinue reading “Seasons – A Poem”