Writing

All poems (except the first three) are included in the book Poems of Earth and Spirit

Rooting

It happens
so spontaneously
and effortlessly.

No decision
or deliberate action
is needed.

The nights
are still long
and dark,

but each day
there’s a little
more light.

Please forgive me.

Thank you
for understanding.

Due to
circumstances
far beyond
my control,
I will not
be coming
to work today.

This is it!

the plants
seem
to be saying,

Our big chance!

Beautiful planet seeks compatible humans
for long-term committed relationship

Me:

4.5 billion years old (but look younger)
Strikingly beautiful and very well endowed
Highly evolved, intelligent, and accomplished

This time
last year
I saw
withering,
water-starved
plants
everywhere—

For the first time
in a long time
it rained today,

each tiny droplet
a gift

Bare feet on the Earth

Breathing in and out

Sound of wind in the trees

Only this…

No matter
how hard they try,
they can not
keep us apart.

Today
is a very special day.

Today we celebrate
sun and rain,
light and dark,
the cycles of life,

When I was
a tree,

I sang and danced
with the wind
and offered
food and refuge
to all who came.

Resting in the arms
of my beloved,
I breathe deep
and easy,

What if the leaves,
stirred to singing
by the breeze,
sing with even more joy
when they notice
you are listening?

Today
my feet touched

the edge of the Pacific Ocean,

a sandy beach,

So there you are,
a bright fireball
shining your light
in the midst
of a vast sea
of darkness.