Rising with

Rising with

the afternoon sun,

cicada hum…

47

Another year
around the sun –

too late to die young.

 

 

Matinee

Clouds like curtains

roll back to reveal

the star…

The sun is setting

The sun is setting

and I’m not feeling too bright

myself…

The sun is setting

The sun is setting,

pale gold in the west,

distant sirens wail…

Afternoon sun

Afternoon sun,

the asters glow

violent purple.

Heliotropism

Imperceptibly,

the geranium

turns toward the sun.

Poppies glow

Poppies glow

orange,

afternoon sun.

As if on cue

As if on cue,

The Beatles, Good Day Sunshine,

and the clouds part.

Potted lilies, white

Potted lilies, white

await the kiss of light –

circle of cat dreams.

- Originally posted at Flickr, May 2006 -



The sun going down

The sun going down,

a golden horizon

beckons…

Day and Night

Sunlight is broken

into lateral lines

falling through the blinds.

***

Slatted through the blinds,

moonlight falls

in silver lines…

Sea lions barking

Sea lions barking

on the rocks below,

the sun paints the sea.

An old one, written last May (2011) while we were staying near Burns Creek, overlooking the Pacific in Big Sur.

The black hawk

The black hawk

a black dot

against the sun.

Sun kissed

Sun Kissed
I piss
from the mountains edge.

number 26, a river of stones...

Apologies if this is TMI for some, but life is life. 

Two for a river of stones

Up before the sun
but not nearly
so bright.

***

Dreamed I was eating
wood, twigs and branches snapping
between my teeth.


numbers 22 & 23, a river of stones...
 

It’s cool in the valley

It’s cool in the valley,
beneath the trees,
where the sun never penetrates
the canopy of leaves.

Number 16, January 2012 river of stones...

Contrail ascending

Contrail ascending
through clear blue
into the sun.


Number 8, January 2012 river of stones...

The Sun

Stretching in the sun,
naked and alive
and warm to the touch.

***

Looking at the sun
with my eyes closed,
a burning orange field.

Number 5, January 2012 river of stones...

The sun emerges

The sun emerges,
golden in the west,
from behind gray cloud cover
and just in time to set.