My Poetry and Prose Blogology
Redemption
“friendly ocean waves
swiftly expunge my footprints”
Photo courtesy of my friend Rod Sorenson rcoakley.com
The Mist
“I’m blessed to flow with such waters and drink
from their clear tonics of peace and reassurance”
Photo by my friend Charlie Lansche— lastchancegallery.com
Religious Climate
“learning to connect
God-given scientific minds
to devout hearts
is enlightening and brings
enduring joy and peace”
My Giant Balloon
“awkward paths of sky
move slow—ahead
of mysterious breaths
in dawn’s lonely air”
My Only Home
“evil minions of the grey and cold rule
within my hideout of emotional numbing
absorbing the season’s warmth and kindness”
Slow Trails
“…opening a door and your mind
to skies of calming and natural prisms
diffusing wilder colors…”
Photo Courtesy of Jessica Taylor Crystal
All The Lights Within
“And as I understand the divine Creator better, I rediscover the lost art of personal creation.”
Webb Telescope photo of Pillars of Creation courtesy of NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
The Darkness Between Lights
“I am the forlorn spirit
a burdened dimension
shaped by wintry flows
of an invisible presence”
Webb Telescope photo of Tarantula Nebula courtesy of NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Transformation
“Dreams can Become”
Webb Telescope photo of L1527 and Protostar courtesy of NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Foreign Lights
“all our cosmic miracles of science
fused together at illimitable costs
open apertures to dazzling visions”
Webb Telescope photo of Cartwheel Galaxy 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).
The Last Waters
“when we discover the gift
and drink from the ladle
of his deep cold sating well
we choose a strenuous path”
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
Snow Canyon
“Snow Canyon remains one of those weird geographic anomalies. A multicolor marmalade adventure molded in nature's clever hands of shape, shadow, and time.”
Photos Courtesy of Rod Sorenson— rcoakley.com
AI— A Means to An End In 7 Easy Steps
“So—will love exist in a quantum world of perfected reality—in cells of collective reasoning? And who will we be—as we cancel out all differences?”