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Tag Archives: finding peace
February #1/ Visitations
It is a fine, sly thing, your reappearance when I am not looking, your smile redefining the day, a welcome of mystery though not long ago there were farewells and everywhere I turned there was only this emptied heart. Now, … Continue reading
Innocence Revisited
If you have forgotten innocence, how it feels smells looks, step into leaves gathered, behold strewn beauties, gather the tenderness into your hands
When You Called
When you called I said without thought, with smile, you must be the face looking back at me though it’s not that simple your wanderings my yearnings but yours is the voice that answers me is one not yet taken … Continue reading
Small Stones Poem #1: Duet
A duet of geese preen inside a spring circle. All is in balance this afternoon by warming waters.
Posted in free verse poetry, Small Stones poems, Uncategorized, very short poems
Tagged birds, finding peace, geese, pond life, springtime
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Wildwood
Entering the wildwood’s extravagance of branches, blossoms unfurling glory, streams overrun with music, our eyes–still innocent– gathered beauty, painted the earth with memory, dreams, visions which did not tresspass. The sound of wood and dirt landing in your hands was a … Continue reading
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