Versatile nettle

Versatile nettle
growing throughout my garden
happy to see you

Loving zucchini

Loving zucchini
I collect and dry the seeds
to love it again

Counting my fingers

Counting my fingers
moving lips while thinking words
waiting for the sun

Accepting coffee

Accepting coffee
knowing the pleasure will pass
mindfully or not

Sense of wonder grows

Sense of wonder grows
at the end of the longest night
meeting first daylight

Hungry at first light

Hungry at first light
frozen blossoms for breakfast
winter solstice breaks

I met a woman

I met a woman
wrapped in coat
outside at dawn
“It’s freezing,”
she said.

On the bottlebrush

On the bottlebrush
plays the haunter of the dark
I see tentacles

The inscrutable



The inscrutable
exhortations of my soul
call me to record

Her old-fashioned name

Her old-fashioned name
speaks of cautiously planning
the moment to bloom

Been a few winters

Been a few winters
since the woodpile has been cleared
my big logs will burn

Winter cold shoulder

Winter cold shoulder
facing the first frost this week
reaching out for light

Stray thoughts are sprouting

Stray thoughts are sprouting
blogging is like gardening
my patch needs tending

Blog left untended

Blog left untended
writing wasn’t remembered
brain feels distended

Sitting in ruins

Sitting in ruins
after the apocalypse
the mint still smells good

Tasks hanging about

Tasks hanging about
like a winter washing line
clothes stretching for days

"It's just you," she says

"It's just you," she says
I walk past her house at night
teasing or relieved?

Facebook sucks dogs dicks

Facebook sucks dogs dicks
after years they found a link
now I'm banned again

Dried blood from a bird

Dried blood from a bird
casts a shadow on the road
even after rain

Winter changes pace

Winter changes pace
allowing water to rest
sparkling in the sun

You can learn a lot

You can learn a lot
watching how marshmallows roast
technique and patience

Cartoon by Little Hiker Bird

A friend pointed out

A friend pointed out
Baiame in the night sky
Now I can't not see

Jupiter taunts me

Jupiter taunts me
clouded evening and morning
yet shines while I pee

Shifting our language

Shifting our language
let's make kinship a focus
females as sisters

Pic by Di Paulger

Sign says "Be aware"

Sign says "Be aware"
as we walk an ancient land
"Songlines everywhere"

Pic by Ajita Cannings

Art by Libby Harward

Finding lost money

Finding lost money
is like payment for cleaning
at ten cents an hour

Disproportionate

Disproportionate
my mouth has gravity
words fall out of it

From out of the blue

From out of the blue
making associations
bridging new meaning

Future looks cluttered

Future looks cluttered
caught myself seeing double
as dreams blocked my view

Art by Betty Bradney

Cooked pizza tonight

Cooked pizza tonight
I must need validation
my kids all praised me

I can be many

I can be many
away from the gaze of light
dancing in shadows

The play of shadows

The play of shadows
create movement from sculpture
lighting is an art

Art by Lindee Russell

Susan Rogers says

Susan Rogers says
we're letting go of the past
to become future