A wave meets the shore
Spilling water up the beach
Sinking through the sand
Running one by one
Reflecting off wet sandstone
Waves head out again
Marsh grass summer breeze
Woven with the ocean’s scent
My favorite shirt
A rusty old pump
Meters its play with our song
Crystal clear water
Life’s real adventure
Is stirred at every foot-fall
Breathed with every breath
Of red and purple flowers
Wash among the trees
Deeply rooted tree
Steady on a grassy field
Floating on flowers
Rain only feels wet
When it falls onto our skin
Our mind remembers
Low clouds move slowly
Against the backdrop of gray
Changing as they go
That tree has a name
Tree Too Tall To See The Top
Is how we know it
Broken uprooted
Violently taken from life
Wishing differently
Finding my window open
Offers a greeting
Full red open rose
Perfumed on your plant’s green sleeve
Fine summer fashion
Dusty residue
Raindrops on my window pane
Obscurring the view
We stopped going
But grass and trees kept growing
Since we last were here
Out shone by the sun
Chalk white moon in morning light
Shines full of passion
Summer fish struggles
Body broken by a bird
What will you do now
Feeding salmon fry
Sew a sweet scented blanket
To their summer pond
Round granite boulders
Polished by a mountain stream
Beautiful unique
Music meets the light
Excitement charges the air
At your open door
Native summer rose
Riding with the ocean breeze
Greets my open heart
A memory stirred
Then a feeling is set free
It remembers me
Crisp golden apple
Ripened by the summer sun
Just tugged from its branch
Sunshine catches rain
In an endless game of chase
Calling out - Rainbow!
A double rainbow
Holds hope for two survivors
Lost in last nights storm
Just for an instant
Reflection's veil withdrew
Letting me see through
Plain gray winter moth
Unnoticed in the closet
Wearing my best suit
My path leads me here
It seems clear that I must go
Just my weightless soul
Lifeless winter bark
Breaks with buds that blush with spring
Bursting with new dreams
Footprints cast in mud
Set and dry in broken ground
Buried by the sand
Our sense of purpose
Defines much of life’s journey
Its treasures as well
Sun seasoned with warmth
Urges the ground to divide
Spilling spring flowers
Running down the beach
Chester charts a broken path
Scattering the birds
Family photograph
So many smiling faces
Sometimes are they sad?
Rising at greeting
Waves pass straight through at meeting
Their own reflection
Log bleaching in sun
Your body broken branchless
Lost from your forest
Diamonds dance lightly
Brightly reflecting the sun
Stream takes no notice
The flowers and leaves
Buds that will burst on their trees
Move toward their moment
Awakening heart
In a world that surrounds me
Now touching my soul
Brown skin and bright eyes
With a warm smile that’s so wide
You are beautiful
I love my children
They fold meaning into life
Beyond good teachers
Wind stole the bird song
Rain silenced the summer grass
Winter shadows stretch
Sand is everywhere
That is how a rock wanders
In tiny pieces
Life is just as real
Inside a salty tide pool
As the open sea
The moss and the tree
Growing together as one
Balanced in their need
Sea anemone
Unfolded in its tide pool
Unafraid of fish
Starfish under rock
Fashoning your travel plans
For the tide’s return
Senses awaken
To the the fragrant Ocean breeze
Rustling dry grass
Gentle disturbance
Disconnects parts from the whole
That slowly float back
Mirror images
Hard mountain /\ soft mountain
Both touching the pond
Doing as she must
Patience is a morning dove
Tending to her nest
Patient drum of life
Your ever-present heart beat
I play back to you
Real life adventure
Lies under every foot-fall
Inside every breath
I must keep it bright
As I walk along this path
Fragile little flame
The oak tree stands strong
Steady in its grassy field
Washed in spring flowers
Old memories wake
As I walk through this place
Where I slept a child
Bright yet so serene
The tide of colored flowers
Under gentle cows
We leave our children
What we give to them right now
When we touch their soul
Then I realized
If I free a butterfly
So must I a soul
Grinding up the beans
Putting water in the pot
Smell the coffee brew
Love is not wasted
Wherever it springs to life
It changes our world
Wise medicine man
Help our hearts open to feel
The life around us
Let me feel and see
The truth that belongs to me
Hidden in this mist
There are many paths
That can lead to the same place
Where we are set free
An eagle’s feather
Circles down toward the ground
Captured by a wave
Rock in the water
Did you choose this place to rest
Silent for so long
Where did it come from
Does boulder ever wonder
Where is it going
So very ancient
You were here before the ice
Can you remember
Combing through the mist
You stood here before the ice
So far before time
The life force in you
Is the same as is in me
We just look different
A steady heart beat
Deep in an ancient forest
Is it yours or mine
I am so happy
Just to be here with you now
Walking together
Rock earth water tree
Voices from the landscape Call
Through the morning mist
My clumsy presence
Unnoticed out of water
To fish as they spawn
Hold your hands right here
Can you feel the tree straining
Dancing with the wind
Yes they all have names
But they won’t come when they’re called
These trees are stubborn
Alive in this place
One drum among so many
That play the same song
Steelhead returning
Already paired with a mate
Preparing to spawn
My heart is beating
Yet I find nothing to say
Struck down like these trees
Eagle must take it
But salmon needs to be free
Fragmenting to eggs
Web spun by spider
Its sagging catch of diamonds
Sun on autumn dew
Hiding in the world
On the trunk of a huge fir
A small moth is still
Past history takes flight
Like a raven from its branch
Leaving no shadow
Watching silently
Smoke rising from the embers
Dancing with my thoughts
Rising cloud of mist
Magic song of silver breath
Whale returns below
Your breath and my breath
Merging over the water
A silent embrace
Your scent lingers here
Tangled in moonlit branches
Of flowering plum
Two dancing flames touch
Combining then withdrawing
Each changed forever
Breathe old flames to life
The passionate reunion
Of separate souls
Crooked legged crow
Broken gait so hard to watch
Beautiful in flight
I wait and wonder
Is this friendship meant to be
Hoping and wishing
Sleeping mountain air
Curling round my feather bed
Hiding from the frost
Songs so beautiful
What would ever make them fight
Three birds on a branch
When I walk with you
I feel your love for this land
And share that with you
Finding small treasures
Simple unexpected gifts
Enriching our life
Sometimes a problem
Expected as an outcome
Just fails to arrive
Trees don't get confused
If it is an apple tree
Then it grows apples
When I was a child
A yellow climbing rose grew
Up past my window
Autumn Orange Rose
Spring Bloom with Summer Perfume
Better than Ever
Try to smell the rose
Just for what it is and not
For what we wish it were
Daisies and clover
Days after the lawn is cut
Return like a tide
Uncomfortable
Fractured ground between good friends
How deep this fissure
Evaporating
Pure water from a raindrop
Leaves its dust behind
It has burst open
A great gray cloud of sadness
I feel it deeply
The rustle of leaves
Rises and falls with the breeze
That seals my eyes shut
Messenger of rain
Sweet wind outrunning the storm
Spill a stolen drop
Once first needs are met
I can hear and see and feel
New and gentle things
Warm scent of dry pine
Over the splash of rainbow
Under call of hawk
Crystals in a cloud
Looking down from far above
Know their winding stream
This force that draws us
Like a raindrop to its stream
Irresistible
Wider and deeper
Flows the stream that we follow
On our path through life
The paper thin moon
A chalky white reflection
Above morning sky
Frog bounces his call
Across a glassy calm pond
Hidden in the trees
Moment to moment
Feeling love and compassion
Sunshine and raindrops
Sweet warm blackberries
Weighing down their summer canes
Stained with summer's height
Life needs us to choose
With each footstep that we make
The sun or the moon
Teaming with Life
Brewing in a summer pond
Bright new beginnings
Bright star draws my eye
Bringing light to the moment
Round-belly moon laughs
Sweet Cottonwood scent
Heavy in the morning mist
Sleeps on the red marsh
Found by morning's light
Marble statue warms to life
Air like silk on skin
Butterfly in flight
Vulnerable with beauty
Finds an open door
A gentle knowing
It has been there all the time
The warmth and the light
Missing your warm touch
I opened the seaside door
To a summer sun
Ask the garden sun
What adventures might be there
Where the breeze comes from
Knowing you are there
I float thistle-down on breeze
Bringing you this rose
Butterfly emerged
From a tattered chrysalis
Freedom in her heart
Unable to sleep
I let shadows play for me
On my moonlit wall
Your scent still lingers
Even though the shadow’s changed
Where I lay my head
Summer adventure
My magic oar stirs the clouds
Round my wooden boat
Floating on water
Flat shimmering images
scatter at my touch
My ship rules this pond
And all things that live here
In my adventure
Just for a second
I saw through the reflection
To another world
I need to return
And float my boat on that pond
Where I knew the truth
Seeking to retrieve
Something that was left behind
In that other world
Resting on the shore
At a perfectly shaped beach
Sitting beside you
Colors on fall leaves
Even in the autumn rain
Will not wash away
This ancient forest
Lives in a deeper silence
Can you feel its truth
Mountain’s hem of cloud
Is dragging through its forest
Misting every tree
Forest and the fish
Together changing color
Bright in autumn’s rise
Autumn excitement
Spending all its energy
Celebrating life
Golden Autumn Leaf
Did you see me standing here
Watching as you fell
My path leads me here
It seems clear that I must go
Just my weightless soul
Cold and still drowsy
A timeless land slowly stirs
To winter's morning
A young woman's breath
Arrested for one moment
Longing for her life
Fashioning new dreams
To float out onto the lake
Settle where they will
Young tree standing still
At the foot of family
Listening to birds
Late Autumn guardian
Standing with our family
Over fallen leaves
Young forest master
stands in a circle of friends
learning of their ways
Emperor of kings
This tree among the forest
Unaware of time
Forest guardian
Standing on a mossy floor
Makes a careful step
On this wooden bench
I sit among spring daisies
All facing the sun
See the western sky
The sun sizzles in the sea
While clouds burn orange
Peaceful night river
Lightly floats the reflection
Of my silver moon
In yesterday’s sun
I never did imagine
Snow would fall today
Dreamless winter bark
Cracked by buds that blush with spring
Full of new life
Goodnight and sleep well
Peaceful dreams in neverland
Wrapped in violet light
Autumn's bright colors
Richer in the day's last light
Pale before the moon
Wet and winter blue
Ancient island washed by sea
Draped in evening sky
Your garden fountain
Splashes a joyful welcome
Greeting all who come
Old Friends together
Excitedly share new things
In the sun's warm light
Passion reflecting
The colored trees of autumn
Surrounding the pond
Surrender yourself
To the winds of your seasons
Delight the moon's tide
Like a symphony
The world is full of movement
Bathing us in change
On winter’s white breath
The soft whistles of widgeon
Scatter fallen leaves
White sound of water
Rushing over river rocks
Steals the forest’s voice
Cold river water
Smoothing ancient river rock
Glistens in the sun
Waving in winter
The golden dry river grass
Rustles to the sun
