My Poetry and Prose Blogology
Names Really Do Matter
“and they will aid us in arduous steps
if we take some time
to get to know them by name…”
Redemption
“friendly ocean waves
swiftly expunge my footprints”
Photo courtesy of my friend Rod Sorenson rcoakley.com
Slow Trails
“…opening a door and your mind
to skies of calming and natural prisms
diffusing wilder colors…”
Photo Courtesy of Jessica Taylor Crystal
Transformation
“Dreams can Become”
Webb Telescope photo of L1527 and Protostar courtesy of NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
We Are All Stars
What are we willing to spend to draw closer?
Webb Telescope photo of Dwarf Galaxy WLM courtesy of NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Three Essential Things
“never relent in the protections of—
our peaceful tracts of open space
our waters that deliver and keep life
and our dark skies of hope beyond”
Photo Courtesy of Rod Sorenson— rcoakley.com
Below Beasts
“they live above our indulgence
and our hackneyed opinions
to only give of themselves
in pure—unconditional love”
Friends In Rivers
“when these hands of friendly earth open wide
rivers of meditation will reflect your soft heart”
My Mother’s Hand
…she learned to write with her left hand—words barely legible and shaky, like prose penned in earthly tremors…