Thursday, April 28, 2011

photo a day...wishing don't make you vine

                                





chinese indigo
from winter dead
twigs, explode
maniac bazooka blooms
but wishing
don't, no wishing
don't make you
vine

Monday, April 25, 2011

Friday, April 22, 2011

photo a day...once great



 once you stood
so grand and strong

violently, horribly used
you asked 
make me small

now you stand
so delicate

beautiful

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

photo a day...blink of an eye

                                                                                  0 to 25 in a blink of those beautiful eyes

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

photo a day...drawn, by the moon

 

I do it wrong
so wrong, so I do
it so wrong some more
draw with
a celestial etchosketch
shake, click, clear
the screen, start again

remember that time
in ocracoke, long after the
sun and last ferry were gone
off season, on the shore
darkness romanced itself
and we were left to see the stars

dark leveled
trees and seagrass
dunes, but the
constant melt of the waves
washed invisible sand

full, fat moon
sidles up and over me
stirring my brain
my eyelids like
cheap, white roll up shades
a bandaid stuck on a summer sun
mom telling me to nap
pretending a dark
that even my closed eyes
can clearly see
isn't there

drawn
drawn, by the moon

         

  

Monday, April 18, 2011

photo a day...why not?

water fell, time flew and two old friends laughed, finally deciding 'why not?'

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

photo a day...as if in a dream

she laid down
by the sprouts
that only months ago
she dreamed of
 

two days

for two days
he tried to escape
when, at last,  he made it out
he sat, as though in no hurry
doing what
then finally took off

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

photo a day...mellow









the fish that
live outside
the aquarium
enjoy
red cedar at it burns
makes us
mellow

Monday, April 11, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

photo a day...art walk

           gray saturday morning 
                                  


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       a few friends


 finding art

chalking up the sidewalks



Thursday, April 7, 2011

photo a day...great balls of fire agate

these little sassies will be in the shop soon but had to share their teal, swinginess today

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

photo a day...intoxicated





is there a group
maybe somewhere
i should go

an outdoor rehab

admitting i have
a problem is
half the battle, right

i am out of control
and i like it

i will stop the car
to drink you in

risk hyperventilation
to get my fill

i wait for you
for months

but you are always
as sweet as
my imagination

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011

photo a day...a day in the park

saturday morning at the farmer's market
beautiful flowers, early spring produce
baked goods delivered fresh from heaven
herbs, hand made soaps
people milling around
carrying baskets and recycled bags





artisans standing behind their handiwork expressing their beauty


         children gathering teeny wild bouquets for their mom

                scrap exchange decorating strong breezes

 a metalsmith in the community foundry heating, forging iron

learning about bonded sand, iron pours
making connections with those who follow their heart









                     steel drums played by the college hands
                     dancing and woo-ing to their own music
                     women dance together
                     dads sit crossed legged with their kids
                     people drawn by remembered dreams
                     smile
                     they clap, toe tap and bop in place
                     drop money for the musicians in a drum case


                   
                    knowing that this is the good life