Wondering this day, 9-11,
How one deals with shock?
We tried, as a nation.
We’re trying now.
We’re trying as each precious
One of us is trying
To find the equilibrium.
Wondering this day, 9-11,
How one deals with shock?
We tried, as a nation.
We’re trying now.
We’re trying as each precious
One of us is trying
To find the equilibrium.
Her balm the in-between,
The interstitialsSpent all day in the big outside
Mowing into the glory of the clover
Fretting about apple trees’ vigor,
Though they’re old,
Making sure in my reveries
I kept respectful distance from the
Pond’s banks
No tilting in too far, and
Surprise of
Wiping tears away
Weeping
For the kindness, the
Constancy, and
Understanding;
I had to shade my eyes now and then
From a lowering sun, the
Chords of knowing blinding
Into the precious new again, that
Some things never change.
Coming in
To cook up all that
Emotional
Psychic
Visceral
Logical
Incoming,
I turn to dinner
Yesterday my friend gave me a bounty of
Butternut squash soup,
She said, he doesn’t like it
And if I had to guess
I bet it comes from
The church ladies; an
Excellent base
And then the riot:
Mine here, in no order—
Two evenings’ soups
Beets and pesto
Cream, some honey and
Black beans
Paprika, and some cheese
And snips of basil, parsleys from
my kitchen garden,
My way of finding
Balance
They’re all so safe
The safe ones
In my age and yearning
I cleave to trusting
Why not, anyway?
It’s exhausting, otherwise.
It means, I know, that the
Fringes and dressings of the circle
Get smaller,
Defining the warp and weave
Design and pattern
Of my life
Whereby the task was always,
Unfolding, whether I would ever
See it or not,
To live the best way I’m
Wired, clinging to honesty
Admitting love and its mystery
In the ground that seasons shift
In the tactile of my time.
Rising from the Heat
And desperate for those skies
That bring the solstice
I make to make welcome
Beloved friends.
Sister,
I just saw her, in mist
Diaphanous
Lavender and blue
Miasma in the library
As I breathe in a cooling
Air, but still,
Only if I’m
Still, symphony with
Bullfrogs and I can see
The Dipper
From the patio.
Years ago I saw her and told you about
Her, you said,
Diaphanous and
Blue, and I believe that’s when you
Put up the mezuzah; it’s
Come down but tucked into
This place
With her.
And then
My sister, you blessed all the
Doorways.
In the time of Suffer
Sanctuary
Salvation
Every blade of grass,
Bloom, every
Slide as I sog into
Unrelenting mud
Every
Color,
Wild and everywhere
And all the smells so glorious
I watch for bunnies
Hop toads, blown branches
Too thick for mower chop
Coherence