Three months ago you Sent us home made Rocky road We spoke on Facteime And optimistically Made plans to see you again.
Read MoreKid in a sprint
I changed my profile pic Hoping you would notice me and you didn’t but – I know they did, 27 likes and I am smiling bright I’m a kid chasing stars And it’s uphill all the way And crowds are cheering.
Read Morea Tanka to a Mentor
I have grown to know More about me, less about Disingenuous Musings I had settled for As truth before I met you.
Read MoreThe Massage
Oh Danny Boy by panflute Pipes Bali into Westpoint While I toy with radical Acceptance like a Speech that someone else has penned For me to speak it’s tennet.
Read MoreA Tanka for Vetti
Defy gravity Crush crimson berries on ice Embrace falling rain And raise an alchemists glass Salutation joie de vie.
Read MoreA time…
Once upon a time When being political Was having an opinion On the merits of this or That and ideology Framed understanding That debate could change the world One dissected issue At a time… In a democracy valued And upheld: Those were the days.
Read MoreA tanka to you
I don’t know if you ….Love like I do and if you… Give love, being known – and do… You take up much space in time? Or could you hold space in mine?
Read MoreA Tanka to 2020
Fighting the virus We’re all in this together Unprecented Wear a mask and wash your hands Today we record no deaths
Read MoreA Solitary Walk
I’ve lost my reflection And finding it is bucket listed above the Greek Islands But below retirement. I don’t yet know if it is In your mirrored glasses Or In a puddle on potted asphalt But I sense its existence In my warm breath In this cold air And maybe there’s a mirror In a…
Read MoreA tanka to me
Crushed by massive waves That break as I stand naked And lit up with sun Warming up and slow baking My cheeks and arms and shoulders My body soft, heart bolder.
Read MoreA tanka to Melbourne
I can’t read your lips but your masked voice is soothing Busting the seams of My hands longing to touch you In privacy unveiling You laying there, me beaming.
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The Tree Hugger
The cadence of your limbs swaying Outstretched they reach the sky as I cling to you. Solidly, you sing to me pulsating: Roots pumping miracles – To quiesce me.
Read MoreRainbows in the Sun
No talent at all Just a mirrorless and me With a tonne of empty time Side stepping puddles And chasing every rainbow
Read MoreA Solitary Walk
I’ve lost my reflection And finding it is bucket listed above the Greek Islands But below retirement. I don’t yet know if it is In your mirrored glasses Or In a puddle on potted asphalt But I sense its existence In my warm breath In this cold air And maybe there’s a mirror In a…
Read MoreWhen They Come
I reread my post from yesterday and thought about changing the names of places, the names and places. The faces. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/masks-cash-and-apps-how-hong-kongs-protesters-find-ways-to-outwit-the-surveillance-state/2019/06/15/8229169c-8ea0-11e9-b6f4-033356502dce_story.html
Read MoreJust a Day
I underestimated this ordinary day in December 2014. His brother had been gone a week or two. His soul mate really, soul twin, the ‘other’ that grounded his 80 year life. He fell asleep after the Eulogy, a speech he gave without prompt or pause. The grand speech of his life. He had clawed himself…
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Crimson Glory
You (em)brace me Like a scaffold Of crimson glory Caressing the brick wall In that laneway The one with the cool art And the soft heart.
Read MoreLate night drive
Trees splitting light From headlights Into ground level cloud Seeping shadows That cast but Momentary branches.
Read MoreGood Old Days
Remember when ‘politics’ Meant debate about Trickle down economics And your foe was just A decent capitalist Yearning for the dollar Less of a fan, of course Of a social welfare state But still your mate A human on the other side Of a reasonable divide.
Read MoreThe Crashing Braves
I am so small And drowning In massive waves That will crush me If they break while I stand naked In backlit honesty Stained from a day That toiled, swords drawn With my tender heart And spoiled my hair When I sweated cold With stomach knotted And gritted my teeth And shut my eyes Breathing…
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