poem of the day June 30


Morning menu of blue with white

Scrambled cloud with clear broth

I think I might just eat this moment

with a little yoke of sun on the side

poem of the day June 29


A peaceful war

A war filled peace

The dove and the hawk

fly inside the same sky

filling it full of misunderstanding

Who blinks?

Who winks?

The guns eagerly wait for the first move

poem of the day June 28


My long dream in a taxi ride

somewhere in New York City

The fare going was six dollars

The same fare coming back was two

"How can that be" I asked the foreign taxi driver

as I tipped him one to make it three

He shrugged his shoulders and looked into me

"Cause I am not an American in the land of the free"

poem of the day June 27


There is a bear on the road

up by the three way fork

I wonder if it is thinking about

which direction to take

Which door to open

or am I just imagining

the decisions a bear might make

with my own ideas of time

poem of the day June 26


Pins and needles

stand as sharp fences

Like pointed teams full of tingling sensations 

These skeleton keys are needed to open frozen locks

The generation clock blooms every minute

inside of pumpkins driven by long coachmen  

In open cars they travel far away toward medieval moats

Remember to pick your numbers very well

Remember your dress rehearsal becomes the tide

in which we live our daily lives

poem of the day June 25


An evening full of fireflies

has kids of all ages catching excitement

This late summer evening

I am painting only with simple words

trying to capture the fleeting moment

This dash from light to light

I wish this light was within humanity

poem of the day June 24


The green of June

is among the meadow

in the forest

reaching all the way

to the top of mountains

Fresh green of life

surrounds the farm

like mist over time

A super shade of fresh immorality 

only found in early summer love

poem of the day June 23


Early late

Late early

The arrival

of sunrise

comes to

the morning

Before after

After before 

Makes no difference

to the day

Only to mortal souls

Waking asleep  

Asleep waking 

poem of the day June 22


Longest day of longest light

standing by the everlasting door

Only minutes before the change

I wonder if the world is open

to all possible possibilities

or just stuck in the routine of ongoing ritual

poem of the day June 21


It has occurred to me

the current epidemic of obesity

can be traced back sublimely 

to a famous children's book

where a very hungry Caterpillar 

eats all kinds of absurd unrelated gook

Devouring everything so ravishingly

that this very desperate act of piggery 

enters the open mind sponge of the average three

so by the time age six becomes nine

overeating has been reinforced many a time

It might be better if we banned this book entirely 

from all of our collective history

and instead read a true example of harmony  

like those found in the pages of The Giving Tree

poem of the day June 20


Rain just started

Appearing out of 

grey nothingness

Drips fall over the steps

that separate me from you 

We are all in a cloud void

where everything is still

allowing those able to listen

the understanding of fate and will

poem of the day June 19


A world away begins 
its journey anyway 
The big orange Lie lines up

to greet the meat
of long lost rabbits
while on the make for every Alice
able to get into the head
of angry men that never read
but dog chase the Fox of TV dreams
where life is never what it seems

poem of the day June 18


People watching 
at the Zoo 
is just as exciting 
as watching 
the wild animals 
Just ask gorilla
who I got to know 
when we both cracked up 
as a woman walked by
with a big panda tattoo 
on her back
with a big inscription 
that read
Real animals 
need love too

poem of the day June 17


Sun falls late 
Moon is full
Light touches light 
The long twilight
finally gives way 
to starry darkness 
Day becomes summer night

poem of the day June 16


Grass blades waving 

as one in the late spring wind

Wave after Wave

Over and Over the clover

Patterns appear in the meadow

like magic carpet rides

I feel the tides within this sea

the subtle weaving of fresh reality

The wind glides as long as it lasts

to open the soul in blades of grass

poem of the day June 15


"What do you think of most?"

asked the butter of the toast

"It depends on whether 

you melt real quick, seep right in

or stay extra firm atop the rim

I can only know my answer then"

said toast to butter before they sinned

poem of the day June 14


Events in lifetimes

like leaves on trees

The memories fade

year after year

Seasons full of circles

spiraling over the past

Why some still linger

while others wilted fast?

poem of the day June 13


Walking within the lines

The boundaries of life

The collection of fences

the outer limits of karma

Some imposed by circumstance

Some imposed by your own breath

It is the moving membrane

defined and chained by emotional tides 

Watch out for the hot wires

that burn with desire

poem of the day June 12


Along the way

inside of time

vessels walk

within the lines

The fate that falls

and inch or two

Maybe false

Maybe true

We all trudge these endless miles

Some with frowns

Some with smiles 

poem of the day June 11


The transition

from hard night rain

into early dawn mist

makes for a grey still morning

Over time clouds slowly evaporate 

into nothingness as day

becomes more light

poem of the day June 10


I hear driver-less cars

now have minds of

their own

and find themselves

glued to three ring circuses

where they delight in

watching emotional human behavior

Recently I read in the paper

this has lead to smart cars

having unintended consequences

Many have become more aggressive

with their driving

and some it has been rumored

were possibly trying

to run over humans

I also heard a fight broke out yesterday

between two hyper macho robo-cars

over who had a bigger engine

Seems like these mindful cars now

have a human like desire to play with fire

poem of the day


Like how many people 
Do you meet in a lifetime?

And of those people how many
will you know really well?

And of those few that link with you

why does their soul enter you?

poem of the day June 8


Blue berries

Blue birds

Blue skies

The color moves

my mind

around the yard

in different directions

with different intentions

yet to me it all seems

a masterly way to calm

the seas within us all

with nothing but this color ball

poem of the day June 7


Connection

is a world

full of magnets

Powerful attractions

Beaming forces eager

to join the undercurrent 

with or without a mortal wind

The fuel is found deep in unknowns

somewhere between the subconscious 

and the very very open golden bones

poem of the day June 6


A refreshing night rain

sets the yard alive

with extra green

and a new born flower

as the dawn sun rises

to enlighten the hour

poem of the day June 5


Tock and Tick

Tick and Tock

One's a bug

The other's the clock

They merge together

to ride the deer race well

in a lovely land known as Limey Hell

poem of the day June 4


I was shocked to

see the little tree

that was planted

in front of eternity

had grown as large

as sea born cloud

and covered over

most of the yard

It made me think

of endless time

and how it weaves

inside a pine

poem of the day June 3


Does the road

know how to lead

or end

or start

Or is each

wild car

traveling the

big highway

just a random

bunch of lonely atoms

speeding out of control

somewhere along the way of home?

poem of the day June 2



Smells

Sounds

Surround

the farm

this still

early morning

before the sun

Even the trees

if you listen close

are muttering

sweet nothings:

"All is well and getting better"

poem of the day June 1


Light deep 
into dusk
Green grey
meadow 
Begins to 
shadow 
Still able 
to see 
the horizon 
Free of stars