poem of the day December 31 

Ice melts

into a strange 

surrender

on the last day

of an ending year

December snow 

has vanished toward

thin nothingness 

Evaporating the breath 

as it inhales 

a last reminder

of lost time

Hours before

the clock exhales 

uncertain of the new future

 poem of the day December 30 

Rare falling

December rain

defies winter's 

cold breath

Morning opens

a soft moving fog 

in a stately manner

The calm way 

of small gentle 

cat like drips

invites stillness

within & without

 poem of the day December 29  

How did it happen?

Hot gas driven by big egos

is forcing itself into

a puffed up grand delusion

Expanding the house of cards

with its fragile paper walls 

well over their natural 

constitutional limits

and into the red danger zone

of a nation already boiling its bubble

 poem of the day December 28 The Way of puzzle

The Way of puzzle

starts with piece after piece

tossed out of a box

spread out on a table

all shapes and sizes

randomly scattered in chaos

fine paintings of all sorts and kinds

waiting to be found by eagle eyed minds

then placed by seasoned hands

sometimes working  hours overtime

assembling all pieces into a grand whole

So very Zen and the only way now or then

to put humpty dumpty back together again

 poem of the day December 27 

If you chase

a dream and 

it begins to dim 

It’s time to change 

the course within

If the light you seek

does not seek you

don't play the game

of peek a boo

Find your center

hold what's true

then the light

will come to you

 poem of the day December 26 

I didn't win

the lottery

Maybe you

didn't win too?

I am not a newly

minted billionaire

buying ridiculous

Peacock coats

Trips to outer space

An ambassadorship

to some grand island

I know nothing about

But for a few moments

I did feel the greed

of unlimited midas desire

Maybe you did too?

 poem of the day December 25 

the aftermath

of a wild 

raging river 

full of happy rapids

has stormed down

breaching the stairs

in awe and wonderment

leaving all with big happy

smiles from coast to coast

MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR

THOSE THAT BELIEVE

MERRY HAPPINESS  

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T

CAUSE MERRY IS MERRY

THE MOOD AND THE POINT

 poem of the day December 24 

Has anyone

ever wondered

what happens

when an old house

built in the wrong place

with a mountain of memories

saturated deep into its beams

is taken down to make way for the new

and the antique patinated wood

is recycled into modern furniture

Does anything old

Does anything gold

left from the lives

of those who called

that house a home 

live on and survive?

 poem of the day December 23 

Behold

The roll

of cold

covers all

as it flows

down the road

At minus one

fingers are numb

bird are huddled

waiting for sun

 poem of the day December 22 

the idea

of stillness

is easy 

to see

even feel

by looking

at cold

frigid trees

standing stoic 

in the arctic air

It makes one

appreciate 

the moment

of stark quiet

December solitude 

 poem of the day December 21

Shortest of days

Longest of nights

a yearly celebration 

taking place today

at the darkest hour

When the old dim candle 

finally burns out

all of last of year's light

Plunging the earth

into the solitude of winter

but do not fear

even in this moment

a candle reborn

flickers the wilderness 

with new beginnings 

as virgin light shines the mind

 poem of the day December 20

SOS Help!

I don't know

what to do

My new 

smart oven

is having 

a nervous 

breakdown

and is in need

of a good therapist 

The oven 

just beeped

warning me

that soon 

it would 

beep again

to warn me

an alarm would 

go off when 

my pie was done

I have to say 

I am on edge with

the oven's constant OCD

omnipresent beeping

If this is the way

of the smart future

It is making me 

very nervous

for the mental health

of robots and droids 

 poem of the day December 19

finding long ideas

in small minds

is harder than

losing long minds

in small ideas

BUT

finding long ideas

in small minds

is easier than

losing long minds

in small ideas

 poem of the day December 18 

the atmosphere

is a sphere

circling round

far and near

permeates all 

sky to ground

inside outside

everywhere around

mixing auras

drink of soul

changes often

so I'm told

 poem of the day December 17

A still dawn

fresh new air

visiting from

somewhere else

covers everything

with a more quiet

silent breath

lending itself

very well

as a catalyzed 

for a whole day

of introspection

 poem of the day December 16 

The order different

The different order

of spoken words 

of words spoken

often is, is often

a meaning changed

a changed meaning

between somewhere

somewhere between

wrong right

right wrong

light dark

dark light

big long shots

shots long big

fork by road

road by fork

hardly working

working hardly

early late

late early

bitter sweet

sweet bitter

sitter baby

baby sitter

zoo crazy

crazy zoo

who cares

cares who?

 poem of the day December 15 

pretending to

be in a lush 

beautiful garden

while living 

in the middle

of a dry scorched  

rainless desert

takes a lot 

of precious water

from somewhere else

to make up the difference

 poem of the day December 14 

Pretty soon

if left unchallenged 

I have a fear 

there will be 

nothing to do

for anyone

but to sit around

in some soft chair

watching a screen

playing nonstop

over and over

in some dystopian

grand world of

dead minds & bodies 

voiding us of all things human

 poem of the day December 13 

If you

really think

very deeply 

about things

like pet hamsters 

circling a cage

then you will

quickly understand

that walking & running

while going nowhere

miles everyday on

some treadmill machine

never gets you anywhere

 poem of the day December 12

I am watching

as the earth 

opens its

morning eye 

Slowly allowing 

feathers of light

to emerge

like a curtain

rising for a play

Everything once

held behind  the blind

no longer is bounded

by the will of night

empowering great waves

to break out into day

 poem of the day December 11 

It was a very

specialized job

Searching for

needles in

a haystack

Yet day after day

stalk after stalk

Workers plowed

through wheat stubble

shifting oat canes

Never giving up

the grand folly

Content to 

toil tirelessly

Trying to find

something not 

worth finding

 poem of the day December 10 

lost ideas

within a mind

forgotten thoughts

adrift and gone

off course waves

that disappear

many times

throughout the years

 poem of the day December 9 

I am

listening 

very carefully

to the trees

trying to hear

the words

they use

to express

their inner light

but so far

all I hear

are peaceful

sounds of silence

 poem of the day December 8 

A lite light

was able 

to expelled 

long dark night

With some help

from bright snow

Fallen yesterday

on earth below

Joined together 

to illuminated

grey filled dawn

and be my inspiration

for a winter poem

 poem of the day December 7 

light cold

large flakes

as soft 

as whispers

fall silently 

on yesterday's snow

comforting the past

kindly like only 

good friends can

 poem of the day December 6

The merging

went beyond simply

revolving around

another lost sun

The light of that universe

decorated the long night

with strings of pearls

seen from mountains

light years away

The shortened day

help extend the life

of the Milky Way 

almost to the dawn

where the merge was

faithfully watched by me 

my dogs and 3 house plantsoe

 poem of the day December 5 

A silent snow

falls soft & still

on a windless night

covering big trees

in a white blanket

of calm serenity 

spreading peace 

out into the lighted 

mind of early dawn

 poem of the day December 4 

The turkeys

seem to be

quite confused

gathered together

in a large pack

by the fork

in the road

I hear them

gobble gobbling

frantically calling

to each other

trying to decide

which way

is the road

worth traveling

 poem of the day December 3 

Master said

a trombone

full of too 

much ambition

too much fire

plays only

quick & squeaky 

out of tune notes

that do not

balance life

nor stand

the test of time

 poem of the day December 2 

The evening

parade 

of stars

controlled

yesterday's sky

with their

lights of

brightness

Like good friends

in sparkling lighthouses

These far away worlds

twinkle in strange reality

Shining each night

from places seen 

but never visited

 poem of the day December 1

What color

is the light of 

primordial sin?

Where does 

it bloom

or first begin?

Is it somewhere

near Applegate

the tree of life

of original fate

There redbird shines

a certain hue

to color the colorless 

hiding inside the view