poem of the day Octgober 31

Looking up at the sky

puffy fog around the stars

millions of big open eyes

stare down from the night

like gods peeking into souls

 poem of the day October 30 

If there are two

green fields 

side by side

separated by a fence

and you were 

a starving cow

falling off the fence

would it matter

which side had

the greener grass?

 poem of the day October 29 

First light of Sun

arrived before the stars

had left the night

Dawn's early eye appeared 

to open the horizon

as it gathered strength

The Milkyway was pushed

into the westward sky

where it clung to all its stars

I watched them  faded one by one

until all I saw was Mars

 poem of the day October 28 A stone buddha

A stone buddha

smiling on a warm day

makes everything 

seem happier 

more enlightened

from the grasshopper

resting on buddha's shoulder

to a swirl of leaves blowing above 

But I wonder if this blissful feeling

This extra warm attitude of enlightenment

Heart felt on a perfect day will change

the smile on the buddha's face

after many months sitting

within the cold of wintertime

 poem of the day October 27 

After a flock of frost

the brown and grey

has merged the green
The leaves are mostly
gone from trees
Some suspended
on tall grass
look like butterflies
caught in time
The wind reminds
with  leafless gusts
slow and steady
on South East hill

 poem of the day October 26 

The hateful world

of black and white

on the planet of extremes

fueled by the small minded

disaster of only

Yes or No

Right or Wrong

Simple for some

Painful for others

Wrong for the world of love

 poem of the day October 25 

A white birch enjoying

a rainy autumn afternoon

appeared as if

it were a giant crane

full of yellow wings

and long white legs

as it contemplated 

the wonderful drizzling light

of the frog lit pond

 poem of the day October 24 

Copper leaves

on giant oaks

seem to reach

out and touch

both mind and sky

 poem of the day October 23 

Some trees

seem to relish

the color of their leaves

and hang on to them

more dearly than nearby friends

who have already bared their branches

Now standing naked as autumn advances 

Perhaps my observations of trees are just manmade

like oranges turned into something marmalade 

 poem of the day October 22 

Escaping away

the ropes have

been thrown to shore

The ship moves

along the pier

settled within

the starboard stern

Somewhere on deck

a lone sailor having miraculously 

survived life on the perilous sea

lets out a primordial scream

"Now only three bells away from hell"

 poem of the day October 21 

Inflation

is a wave

of the pendulum

back to painful frugality

It is the master  

of all economic ships

It does not matter

who is in charge

of the economy

Just ask the

bloody English

whose MAGA  like

conservative  government

failed because gas and food

prices are too high

and their solution

of huge tax cuts

for the wealthy

forced the country's collapse

I hope America takes

this as a lesson

in their elections

Understanding the tide of 

inflation does not care

which ship it tosses into the sea

The real question of this election is:

Do you want Fascism  

or do you want Democracy?

 poem of the day October 20 

Time moves along

each and everyday

whether you're 

conscious or not

The idea of time

passing through

attended or unattended 

is not of any concern 

to the ever changing present

 poem of the day October 19 Embracing the night

Embracing the night

of would be dreams

Eyes flutter like 

a curtain call

The mind explores

the submarine world

Deeper, Deeper into the twirl

 poem of the day October 18 

The state of wet

The state of dry

took a journey

on a carpet ride

The bottom was wet

The top was dry

until they tumbled

over rainy skies

Then water covered

everything dry

And all was wet

for awhile oh my

 poem of the day October 17 

From Shantigar

to Clara ridge

the trail wove deep

somewhere inside 

a protected 

New England

countryside 

Where a dragon's back

fueled by simple gaits 

walked Warner Hill with many legs

Whose collective head

of a landed trust

would eventually find 

in an autumn golden vernal pond 

the open love of Sargent arms

 poem of the day October 16

Autumn driving

and the art of reading

road leaves

as they cover

the blacktop

like tea leaves

in all kinds of colorfilled

seemingly random patterns

that foretell the future 

for those souls able

to drive and divine

at the same time

 poem of the day October 15

Few leaves

on the maple trees

Grass a beautiful green

Burning bush with a purple hue

so amazing  

i am going to cut it 

some slack for being

an invasive species 

Great light today

made more expansive

by farm fall colors

Colors sweet Colors

 poem of the day October 14 

October rain

a simple sound

drops falling 

all around

The peace of time

as dawn emerged

wet and soulful

in a soaking world

The mindless patter

voice of rain

drips to ground

without a name

 poem of the day October 13 

I was in total

bugsville

ladybugs 

grasshoppers 

crickets

wasps

flies

ants 

bees

and an

occasional 

butterfly

All of us 

were enjoying

the warm

October day

Flying  high

around the catwalk

 poem of the day October 12

Another circle

of many circles

The constant 

round and round

of imperfect perfection

Each new wobble is

a fresh start of time

The only difference

new souls of mind

 poem of the day October 11 Dark so early

Dark so early

Light arrives late

Time dwindling down

the dim lit tunnel 

Pushing a falling sun

into growing 

Shorter days

Longer nights

till the angels

switch the angles

with or without 

the help of god

 poem of the day October 10 

A bucket

with a hole

Even one with 

a giant leak

is better than

no bucket at all

Just ask a withered plant

dying of thirst

If it care if things are

less than perfect

 poem of the day October 9 

After the sun has 

set on the horizon

Night eventually becomes

nothing but one giant shadow

Except for when the moon is full

then the light reflects over the moon

and everything that follows is a moonshadow

 poem of the day October 8

Pressure pereates

in and out of all things 

past, present, future

but if unsettled pressure

Unstable pressure

is allowed to grow

Allowed to fester

it will be impossible to contain

and will blow things up

no matter how

strong the vessel 

Especially if it

dwells inside

the emotional temple

fueled by thoughts

of branded delusion

 poem of the day October 7 

A spiral wind

of color coats

moving quick

from tree to tree

Inside out

Outside in 

Somehow the dawn 

lights every branch

 poem of the day October 6 

Yellow leaves

have swarmed 

like bees

clinging to

the sides of trees

This mellow cover

will only last

a little while

in the hourglass

 poem of the day Octomber 5 

Hands can

be folded

into hearts

so perfectly

Effortlessly 

allowing 

the energy

of suggestion

to make

the world

a happier place

Especially 

if love radiates

from deep inside

the inner soul of

happy for no reason

 poem of the day October 4

The greed of gold

The greed of money

brings war not peace

to the land of honey

 poem of the day October 3 

An old hosre

always remembers

the way to the old barn

having spent a lifetime

coming and going

forging a familiar path 

worn deep by nothing but time

 poem of the day October 2 Point of view

Point of view

Point of order

the tonal dots

of all landscapes

appear like swarms

on canvases stretched 

by a million dots coming

out of single pointed minds

 poem of the day October 1 

The sun's

a little lower

The dusk is

a little longer

Autumn light hides 

behind the Western Hills