Category: Poetry

Into The Woods

“Spring Day, too loud for talk when bones tire of their flesh and want something better.”- Jim Harrison Into the woods where dappled sunlight dances on verdant forest floor Here, no heavy flesh, but hollow bones and feathers for this is where spirit soars.

Mercury

“The cost of flight is landing.”– Jim Harrison Love soars in on the wings of the fleet-footed god, making paupers of rich kings A petty thief, stealing as it sings, tugging at heart-strings with no thought of pain or peril.

#Haiku: Wind in the Green

rustling grass bowing

Mis-Step

“I feel my failure intensely as if it were a vital organ.”– Jim Harrison I searched for you today but it seems you’ve gone away, leaving naught but stepping-stones of failure in your wake for we were but a beautiful mistake.

#Tanka: Surrender

When day surrenders to moonlight’s loving arms whispering breezes

Daedalus

“Fear makes for Good Servants and bravery is fraudulent.”- Jim Harrison Fear came calling in the mirror Another wrinkle, another line, soon you’ll know the taste of death and how it is to be free of me.

Midsummer Desert Rains

midsummer rains fall quenching the arid climate