Monday, October 26, 2009

today's sacred task

today
the
sacred
task
has
been
to
work
my
knotted
chain
of
thought
into
one
smooth
strand
of
contemplation

Friday, October 23, 2009

spider watch

round and round
i watch her traverse
the circuit of guy-wires
like an aerial acrobat,
she moves gracefully
from one radial line to the next
a slender leg stretches out
creating tension on the thread
as her abdomen deftly tucks under
lightly touching spinneret to web
another sticky strand successfully attached
and on she goes,
round and round
each movement made with
careful, rhythmic precision
her morning work is almost done now
she slows down
making her way back to center
weaving the final milky puffs of silk
that come from her body
into the tell-tale zig-zag
of a garden spider

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

verdigris

resist the temptation
to shine things up
the beauty is in life's patina

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

between two worlds

every night a portal opens
between two worlds
a curtain rises
but which side of it
i'm on remains unclear
until morning light
claims me for the waking one
yet how real and dear the other

Monday, October 12, 2009

inner light

in silence,
i wait for
inner light
that i might
see god
in the face
of foe and
neighbor