Monday, September 30, 2013

When he's home, not 
wearing that coat, I wonder what 
the Ringmaster wears.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

The sparkles and dirt
mingled, but the sparkles were 
always the brightest.
We're all given the 
same tools to work with. It's all
in how you sculpt it.
The window stayed 
open while I was gone. I found 
a leaf in the sink.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

The clouds were
dramatic and the big lands were
many plain shades of brown.
That ghost better get
gone.  He's scaring my daughter
and making me mean.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

When she nurses she 
tickles my arm hairs and I
feel so fond of her.
I thought I knew those 
two girls, but then it totally 
wasn't even them.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

I missed the moon
tonight. I walked and walked and walked,
never saw it once.

Monday, September 23, 2013

The sun shone on the 
rain drops that sweet, fresh, earth 
only moons could give me.
It was the sweet
smelling, crazy rains where the sun 
rays warm you after.
I planted flowers 
at that place and moved before 
I knew if they'd bloomed.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Lazy, cold, cozy,
breezy, sunny, cloudy, wet,
lost kind of morning.
She fell asleep in
her hood and boots and I thought,
'I remember that'.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

To see a foxicorn
brings good fortune. To cross paths 
at night brings famine.
The foxicorn dwells
near the edge of the beach where
the green forests meet.
The foxicorn's horn
is his protection, seduction 
and influence.

Friday, September 20, 2013

The sun is always
shining. Even when it's hiding
behind some clouds.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

All the way home I 
wrote a story in my head 
about those two 'birds.
I'm a slave to it.
It takes over my life. Morn,
noon and every night.
The fog lays low
today, just above my head,
making me feel cozy.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

I'll write the fairy
tale and you can be the magic
that makes it so.
He stirred in his sleep
and I wanted so badly 
to be next to him.
I walked from the dark
night into the day's light and 
lighter shades of blue.

Monday, September 16, 2013

I walked through Summer
with the roses, the shade, the 
dew drops close behind.
It was about her
hat and his casualness in
the hot sunny shade.

Saturday, September 14, 2013

We told ghost stories
all night or, rather, it was 
an invitation.
We talked of ghosts then 
I was left alone with one 
standing behind me.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Wanda J. played above
while she wrote feverishly 
in her journal.
The baby had inspired
her, so, she wrote a story 
from end to end.
These poems are like 
a painting for you to see 
what stars I wish on.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

What is paradise,
Mom? I don't know, My Sweet Child. 
I've yet to go there.
The realtor comes each
day to water the lawn in 
his white linen pants.
A lighthouse, the sea, 
a boat adrift, the moon hangs
large, perfectly white.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The rib guy always
calls me darlin' when I walk
by in the morning.
Lives are never lost. 
Only on another journey
somewhere far off.
The birds love the trees
in our yard and I love seeing 
the birds float by.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The wind tugged at my 
skirt tails, pulling me back, but 
I kept on moving.

Monday, September 9, 2013

I walk this winding 
road alone, but hug many 
friends along the way. 
The wind blew the babe's
hair around and the sun lit
it with yellow light.
There was a crescent
moon, crickets singing and the 
baby was sleeping.
The mysterious
sailboat moon drifting over 
the greying ocean.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

With Marguerite we 
walked on Marguerite Street to 
the Marguerite Sea.
The ghosts don't usually 
stay here, at least not long, 
they're just passing through.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

I moved the furniture
around. Now the ghosts have
a place to sit, too.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Suddenly I realized
there were no more flies and 
all the spiders had come.
The neighbor listens
to John Denver when the morn
light meets the grape leaves.
Chilly mornings, warm 
noons, quiet evenings, darker 
nights welcome Autumn.
I wish you the 
best in this life, your travels
and a heart that's light.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

With the dark days and 
dark nights there's always a break 
in the clouds, always.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

It was a quiet
night. Not even the flies were
stirring in their beds.
He walked through the door
as the music climaxed and 
it was just too much.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

The crow looks weathered
like he's probably lived in 
that tree forever.

Monday, September 2, 2013

I took the wedding 
clothes from the box, all the smiles
came back to my heart.
The weather's changing. 
The animals are getting  
restless and moody.
I look at your baby
body thinking how sweet and 
elegant you are.