My Poetry and Prose Blogology
My Windswept Refuge
“over scours of vast windswept outlands
spread of my own emotional desertion
stands an oft-ignored and lonely tree”
Her Tears of Water
“I am free to pay water’s price in a bottle,
even if it’s more than 3,000 times greater
in cost— for a similar drink from a tap.”
Life is Hard
“long after all my enraged eruptions end
earthquake shudders soften into silence
penetrating diamonds of harsh hails hush”
Photo and inspiration courtesy of Charlie Lansche— lastchancegallery.com
My Basement Leftovers
“time to clean my secret escapes of time
old objects from young cinnamon days
strewn in dusty heaps of past adventures…”
Climate and Religion
“Our stewardship over God's creation includes at its pinnacle, a sacred duty to love, respect, and care for all human beings with whom we share the earth.”
My Dream Within Dreams
“I was nurtured by a loving family
buried in a hibernaculum of hope
held in a myriad of young dreams…”
Photo courtesy of my friend, Rod Sorenson. rcoakley.com
Names Really Do Matter
“and they will aid us in arduous steps
if we take some time
to get to know them by name…”