poem of the day October 31

Blue moon

Full moon

Clocks back

Midnight twice

Trick or Treat

What a scene

Has to be

Halloween 

 poem of the day October 30

No hard frost

only the first fall snow

covering green grass

brown barked trees

like shiny white icing

The vivid glow brightens

 a very grey thick fog dawn

Large wet snowflakes

fall sideways in the wind

Beautiful in most ways I think

Winter in some ways I know

 poem of the day October 29

Which way round

the merry-go-round

depends on the direction

of the horses and whether

they are wild or tame

but has nothing to do

with how one gets off

the fast spinning wheel

or whether they get back on

 poem of the day October 28

The lack of trust

can bring 

democracy

down

Allow

the spike

of spineless

clowns

The pandemic

is over

I heard

our leader say

as the dead were

buried by those

who pray 

 poem of the day October 27

Bigotry is in the air

The waves break down 

on the land of the free

The land of so called liberty

It is the very last stand of the old civil war

The very last gasp of white bigot mouth 

And when they write this history

the greatest fact that will be learned

the grand wizard of all this hate

lived in the Whitehouse and ate evil cake

 a poem of the day October 26

A light 

dawn rain

Sleepy drips

of night

splash over

the world

like a fountain full

of long slow dreams

 poem of the day October 25

Dark leaving

Light arriving

Light leaving

Dark arriving

This game we play

within these folds

is full of life

and many roads

 poem of the day October 24

The bluebirds

lead the way

as I walked

the meadow 

I followed them

most willingly

and soon I came

to fork in a tree

where an apple

had slipped into

the  crook of time

I picked the fruit

as the bluebirds

began to circle by

Their flapped wings 

were full of grace

as I bit the apple

they left my space

 poem of the day October 23

We bring

the world

inside

the world

to life

Into a room

we call temple

Sometimes the 

world bangs

that temple

with ideas

that push

through

those walls

Sometimes

the world can't

pierce the temple

and has to sit 

there waiting

 poem of the day October 22

Gray early

morning sun

mixes with thirsty

shades of orange

on the  meadow

wall of fall poplars

which I have
to say are 

very popular 

 poem of the day October 21

Collective

receptive

within fibers

of a nation

Each soul feeling

something universal

A small part of all 

Me in you

You in me

The whole land waits

in an entwined

unsettled moment

where the chill is felt 

in both the legs all the way

to the foundation's bones 

 poem of the day October 20

A bluebird 

An old apple

Fall tree sun 

Slight breath

Four corner

folded moment

drifting further 

toward perfection 

 poem of the day October 19

What looks like understanding

depends on the meaning of words

How Two can be To can be Too

These simple variations of simple language 

spoken in a split of a tongue

can confuse all those listening

more than bullets fired from a gun

 poem of the day October 18

Wine in the river

drifting slowly as 

the sea of Galilee 

Might be tears

of many millions

Might be only

tears of you or me

It really doesn't matter

how or when the river flows

What matters is the water

and how it feeds your soul

 poem of the day October 17

The selfless life

of a welcome mat

stepped on by all

yet never complains

of anyone's dirt

greets all travelers

regardless of their shoes

 poem of the day October 16

The meadow

looked like 

a shaggy dog

full of rowen 

as the hay carpet

embraced the heat

of a warm fall day

It felt so good 

on bare feet

walking over the farm

 poem of the day October 15

There is a path

from rain to well

that water 

understands 

so very well

Through tears of time

made wet with desire

the raindrops fall 

hour by hour

Until the water

is washed crystal clean

by rocks now heavy

with secret dreams

 poem of the day October 14

"Drop the gold!

Better to have

more time than 

more money"

the happy vagabond  

warned Midas

as he carefully

passed over

the drowning man

struggling to breath

the heavy grave of greed

 poem of the day October 13

A helping hand

uses strong light of

bright open wombs

to lift strangers out

of the clutches of

the dense sinking strangling orange blob

that has infected the last four years with

a coat of brainwashed loathing

Once again in sanity those strangers

shake the hands of other strangers

pulling them to the safety

of the circle of compassion

where love eventually overcomes hate

 poem of the day October 12

What would

the world do

without glasses?

That is a question

worth asking

I know I'd be semi blind

Not be able to see

The fine print

The crack in the vase

Or the perfection of imperfection

 poem of the day October 11

"The mortality of time

tastes very good"

said the bug to his friend as

they both munched on wood

Neither of them heard 

until it was too late

the words of the birds

"These bugs taste great"

 poem of the day October 10

Stir the broth

Milk the cow

Pitch the ball

Stop the proud

 poem of the day October 9

I docked

along the

paradox

in a boat

called Confusion

carrying a cargo

of right and wrong

As I stepped out

onto the plank 

I was greeted

by blank stares

sitting in chairs

waiting for the tide

to wash over

yesterday's delusion

I did not know

how the flag would fly

without a wind 

to push my thoughts

but then I saw a beggar man

dressed so well in golden cloth

I asked him where the sun does shine

as he looked upon my face

He said to me the destiny

is always hidden in the waste

 poem of the day October 8

Small dust

Sticky shoes

walk together

down roads

mixing lives

from all over

the world

Leaving a trail

of footprints

full of customs

from every place

those well worn

sticky shoes

have traveled

 poem of the day October 7

The power  

of words

living within 

worlds of

levidromes

have the

ability

to change 

some moments

but are

always limited

in life by 

the direction

of the phrase 

emit time

 poem of the day October 6

Clouds spring

from imagination

appearing on the

blank blue canvas

The idea of something

out of nothingness

is a mystery

within the reach

of free eagles

as they glide

in and out of heaven

 poem of the day October 5

Have  you ever

admired a leaf

on a favorite tree

and watched it

live its destiny?

From a bud 

on a branch

to a bloom of green

to a show of color

more vivid than dreams

Did you watched your tree

as the leaf was picked

by a cold gust of wind

it was all over quick

 poem of the day October 4

Open 

an idea

of allowing

A word able

to expand

all possibilities

Close

an idea

of contracting

A word able

to absorb

all possibilities

Open and Close

dance on a see-saw

balancing each other

forming the pulse of life

The in and out rhythm 

heart beat of souls

 poem of the day October 3

Light coming out of darkness

is the path well worn

It illuminates  a world of eternal hope

Darkness coming out of light 

is the path less seeked

But is a big reminder

of how eternal darkness

exists like black holes

able to smother even

the best lit tunnel

My advice to all travelers 

Walk in good shoes 

made solely of fabric

full of unconditional  love

 poem of the day October 2

A door

swings in

A door

swings out

In between

it is as closed

as a clam

Only open

on a tide

The timing

of souls depends

on this ride

 poem of the day October 1

Apples in New England

crisp like October air

The tired sun sleeps 

late into the autumn sky

The birds have not 

yet begun to sing

The quiet is still and simple

as time should be