My Poetry and Prose Blogology
Tomorrows Are Everything
“I trace the outline of unfinished edges
protecting a universe—we thought we knew”
Webb Telescope photo of Rho Ophiuchi courtesy of NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
My Water of Life
“this is my greatest secret of life…”
Photo courtesy of my friend Rod Sorenson rcoakley.com
Sailing Upon Light
“—I see myself as I look into her deep blue eyes
our hearts melt into clear embraces of eternity
as love rises in white clouds of a brighter hope”
Empathy Has a Shadow
“empathy graces soft beads of morning dews—nurturing
lonely gardens, colored in hope, light, faith, and confidence…”
Learning to Listen
“if you become lodged in cracks of despair
learn to listen to your quiet spirit’s guide
and it will bind you to a warmer paradise”
We Are Different
“yes—we are different
but we stand faithful as one—
magnificent and beautiful”
An Impending Storm
“I seem to recall a similar cauldron of desperation
again—it feels like an immense storm is brewing”
Be The Now
“peacemakers are artists of time
sculpting the present moment
as they brush over drab melancholy”
Photo and inspiration courtesy of my friend Rod Sorenson rcoakley.com
Nature’s Song
“did you hear the earth sigh
beneath her ginger yarns of dawn
have you crystal courage to hear
the harmonies of her sacred song”
My Windswept Refuge
“over scours of vast windswept outlands
spread of my own emotional desertion
stands an oft-ignored and lonely tree”