Category: Poetry

Breathing in Still Life

Hold strong to here and now, we have found home our hands clasped and arms entwined in grace

Sea Level

“The mountains are so dominant that some days the people refuse to look at them as children turn away from the fathers who beat them” ~ Jim Harrison  from Songs of Unreason She was the mountaintop on which I stood Breathing the pure air,… Continue Reading “Sea Level”

Emancipation of a Soul

February 3, 2017- the day of my emancipation. The chasing of the almighty dollar in exchange for my soul, done. No more living by other’s rules and expectations. Time to get back to me, the real me that no one knew. Back then, I didn’t… Continue Reading “Emancipation of a Soul”

Tanka: Golden Light

trusting sun will rise bathing earth in golden light bestowing healing

Crushed

“Just beyond the bruised lips of consciousness.” from Birds Again ~ Jim Harrison The stars once bright in eyes now faded and gray   viewing the world through tangled trees   a purple haze of permanent contusions,   amid barren thoughts of rotting leaves… Continue Reading “Crushed”

Haiku: Shadows Dance

sweltering sunshine

The Efficacy of Delicacy

“I’m hoping to be astonished tomorrow by I don’t know what.”- Jim Harrison Eyes enrapt a vision in lace clad flesh fueling fiery imagination of entwined limbs, supple skin the lightest touch sensual urgent stare.