a cool and grey breeze / rustles changing leaves on trees / stokes waves on the seas

art that was so good / stories that seemed compelling / fatigue make ugly.

they hiss, growl and snarl / kitten challenging grown cat / to see who's top dog

melancholy fall / the trees weeping tears of leaves / turbulent grey clouds

my hands and the drum / the music of percussion / joy inside the beat

a huge banging crash / precipitates much cursing / hopping on one foot

thinking of Oscar / his great works and unjust fall / rejection too cruel

tree with burning leaves / of brilliant orange and red / outside my window.

a full day of work / ends with raspy painful breath / i must rest tonight.

fantastic triumph / like the world flies off my back / such celebration!

the door will not shut / battered too much by fall winds / it has surrendered.

rain against the roof / intertwines with soft music / caressing stillness

The wind wants to prove / that she rules over the fall / bullying those leaves

anticipation / surges with the setting sun / so few hours left

a new beginning / seeing clay through students' eyes / magic in throwing

i'm drowning in "shoulds" / but need to follow my bliss / at least for today

the dog snores softly / the cat curls up against me / they lull me to sleep

woke to a true frost / grass dipped in delicate ice / crunching underfoot.

uncertainty rules / the world constantly changes / there's no solid ground

company and food / warmth in the midst of cold fall / unexpected joy

quiet, soft stillness / comes with this early darkness / the whole world slows down

the cold of late fall / challenged by this bright sunlight / shivering brilliance

dry clay in six forms / dreaming of becoming pots / crash to the hard ground

frustration's cruel fist / tearing down days worth of work / like some autumn leaves

anticipation / races like joyous lightening / carried by my blood.

waiting and hoping / watching sunlight on the snow / winter's brilliant gift

unexpected joy / when i thought i'd have sorrow / i'm full of thanksgiving

the sun shines brightly / in the midst of cold winter / bringing more than hope

terrible nightmares / waking me up with sobbing / strange blues in my day

desperate sorrow / pushed out all my hopes and dreams / for his agenda

quiet peace sublime / resonates within my mind / everything is fine

snow pours in my boots / the back yard drifts like white dunes / wind creeps the house

snow pours in my boots / the view drifts like sparkling dunes / wind creeps in the house

kitten's nemesis / looming large in the corner / terrible vacuum

shelves of drying bowls / enraptured by graceful curves / that flowed from my hands

gently falling snow / covers over this old house / and the warmth inside.

i cannot make sound / his loveliness overwhelms / words abandon me

it must be a joke / for all the clothes are dirty / but granny panties

lovely gentle day / floated past like warm water / effortlessly sweet.

dreams of blue and gold / dancing through my consciousness / wake me up in joy

ice cold rejection / they go for the jugular / no hint of kindness.

wonderful people / they are as welcome as spring / laughing and talking

lost in the darkness / shuddering with cold and fear / terribly alone

procrastination / a little fun not hard chores / ignore dirty floors.

surrender to play. / i've already lost the day, / so why not the night?

even the hamster / racing in his spinning wheel / travels on a quest.

just walking the dog / threatens both my life and limb / slipping on the ice.

tired hands tremble / seventeen bowls of delight / good for a night’s work.

slow, gentle breathing / finding absolute comfort / the dog takes a nap

working on web-store / code could explode my small brain / i must take a break

brilliant loveliness / the moon shining on snow drifts / winter's still quiet

surrealist nightmares / wrenching the weary awake / set desperate moods

her eyes have closed tight / shutting out the iPad's light / so the cat can sleep

innocence and hope / make the young heart brash and strong. / then comes resilience.

run vital errands / among mad, impatient crowds / boundless frustration

work would demand much / energy i do not have / this flesh wants to rest.

daggers of ice drip / sunlight melts winter away / teasing me with spring

morning's sweet stillness / before the world starts to move / slowly awaken.

sunshine runs away / fleeing from a winter storm / surrender to snow.

sudden storm blows through / turning the world upside down / only to vanish

pain can trap the soul / render one deeply alone / blind to all comfort

a strange yin and yang / made half of dog and half cat / lovingly asleep.

fear drives a white car / and parks in front of my house / relief as he leaves.

such sublime sweetness / a dog, a cat, a love seat / me reading a book

hard, delightful work / leaves the flesh weary to bone / but nurtures the soul

world of rain and chill / still allows for a chirping birds / singing about spring

day full of movement, / but so little true progress. / hamster at the wheel.

breathe in hollow gasps / moving makes the panting worse / so, still breathlessness

finally, the ground / shows itself through melting snow / like it's spring's peep show.

the hours creep past / wakefulness conquers the night / cruel insomnia

a strange iPad glitch / tweets a tweet from long ago / simply on a whim

dancing in the sun / feet stomping on melting ice / singing out my joy

numbers torment me / endless rows of financials / painful accounting

working on websites / waiting on hold for hours / the pain of business.

these words wore me down / unwilling to wait their turn / writing compelled me.

just a few seconds / can turn the world upside-down / shatter me like glass

each breath comes in rough / life tearing itself through me / leaving with slammed doors

don't suffer alone / open your arms to the world / and beg for solace

Watch transformation / from men into drag divas / ready for the show.

half the day gone by / in a flurry of action / everything part-done.

thinking of Japan / praying for everyone there / let them be alright.

please, give me today / no responsibilities / just some time to play

spring obsesses me / searching for green and flowers / watching the snow melt

how dare i complain / when the sun shines so brightly / foreshadowing spring

i kept walking out / to see if the snow would melt / but instead more fell.

she mews with fierceness / as she threatens singing birds / safe behind the glass

such discouragement / worse than winter's blasting wind / goes straight to the bone

the sun keeps shining / ignoring the predictions / of even more snow.

be done with the stress / shake it off like falling snow / and walk into spring

the night becomes still / made calm from drinking a beer / sleep hovers nearby

i want to be free / able to do anything / my health would deny.

the ceaseless pattern / of nightfall and then the dawn / constancy of change

all this busy work / gathered like a pile of leaves / the breeze would scatter

glorious progress / transforming winter to spring / watch the world reborn

a warm, sunlit world / memories of great heartbreak / in perfect balance.

remembering's pain / drifts away in the cool breeze / bakes off in the sun.

the air from outside / drifts in through open windows / bringing scents of spring

my heart's nakedness / peeking out through lines of verse / exhibitionist.

wind off the water / the sunlight bathes me with warmth / sweet, glorious spring

writing in the sun / as wind moves the wooden swing / sublime perfection

bright and vivid stars / come alive in the cool night / to draw heaven close

how can work get done / given the sunlight and warmth / spring is a temptress

mountains catch the sun / giving her a close embrace / and bringing darkness

rain plays lullabies / upon the drum of the roof / coaxing us to sleep

could this lonely beast / find solace in company / and the strength to try

the sea ran away / revealing to eager gaze / many hidden things

weary arm trembles / the paint-brush shakes in my hand / bliss on my canvas

i need transfusions / of hope straight into my heart / on this rainy day

The endless movement / of the undulating waves / soothes my weary soul

rain on the window / soft snoring of the puppy / sounds of quiet bliss

this crushing despair / and powerless sense of doom / will turn into peace

Scores of temptations / dominate this rainy day / to one I will yield

inside soft blankets / the cold night cannot reach me / but i miss the stars

an slow, grey morning / defying definition / won't admit it's spring.

How these places change / seasons in a town's lifetime / tear down and build up

smile, if you can / within this moment hides grace / only you can find

deepest frustration / watching facts denied, twisted / to prove himself right

rooted to the ground / the lonely tree would wander / to find some forest.

raining gray morning / still huddled under covers / hiding from the chill

enduring the night / ignoring darkness and cold / waiting for sunrise

so much work to do / pots came up like springtime's weeds / eager for some glaze

the rain plays music / sweet, calm, quiet percussion / soundtrack for my book

mountains, sea and sky / replace a vision of fear / as canvas transforms

gathering darkness / hours early for twilight / another spring storm

raindrops fall like tears / leaving rivers of soaked earth / comfortless sorrow

in the nest, alone / wondering when spring will come / and bring company

on the lightest breeze / come whispered rumors of hope / that the sun still shines

sunshine has returned / the birds wildly rejoice / ‘we are forgiven’

sweet vivid twilight / greens disappear into night / surreal blues grow bright

grief-stricken sorrow / makes twilight come on faster / all becomes darkness

grey and newborn green / the colors of early spring / slowly change the world

this silent, grey world / reminds me of all we've lost / ghosts in foggy haze

they bloom wildly / delighting in sweet sunshine / ecstatic with heat

the sunshine distracts / warmth and flowers addle me / vanquishing resolve

bright sliver of moon / shining in lavender sky / breathtaking twilight

Breakfast companion / lunar moth sleeps at table / bored of my stories

Breakfast companion / luna moth sleeps at table / bored of my stories

the iris came back / surviving long hard winter / to greet me, blooming.

poems captured me / forcing me to write them down / perhaps i should have struggled

suffocating heat / in three steps dizziness rules / the world seen through haze

the tide keeps coming / times' endless undulation / the comfort of change

dawn came without him / and now the rain falls like tears / time driven by grief

he exuded strength / confident and capable / like i long to be

puddles of sunlight / dance upon my wooden floors / lighting my darkness

sunlit flowers shout / summer has finally come / to melt mourning hearts

muscles make demands / streaming pain through the body / blackmail to get rest

breathing brings its pain / for air is humid again / and work wears me down

bones ache with fatigue / shards of glass stir inside joints / stubborn, i keep on

blinded by my work / i stumble through cold and rain / fiercely pushing on

tables full of pots / beautiful and unfinished / give form to my day

drum beats penetrate / resonate deep in my soul / break my lonely heart

sky heavy with rain / endless anticipation / gives these waiting trees the blues

dark ponderous clouds / fly over our anxious heads / ready to birth rain

stillness and silence / calm weary mind and body / thus, they soothe the soul

summer's temptations / call out to me like sirens / despite my fatigue

sullenly, time creeps / past these dry and weary eyes / wretched, sleepless night

Grey clouds hover high / wind's fingers caress the earth / the air smells like rain

just one photograph / sparks a world of discontent / mismatched flesh and soul

heat melts the body / into great puddles of sweat / dream of the cold lake

hot, languid weather / works its way into the bones / nothing can be rushed

finally, sunshine / breaking through these hazy clouds / giving today hope

the sun creeps away / hiding past the horizon / just to be reborn

immortal flower / knows nothing of passing time / just this moment's bloom

the rocks and water / join with sunshine and cool breeze / to be perfection

sweat starts instantly / mixing with humidity / feels more damp than rain

anxiousness and fear / display the colors of rage / these uncertain days

night felt rich and deep / brimming with inspiration / now it weeps in pain

night felt rich and deep / brimming with inspiration / now it howls in pain

first, silent repose / then, leap up with growling bark / the vigilant dog

breath flows easily / moving in and out of me / with ecstatic grace

timid and needy / the cat cries and begs for love / but dodges all touch

The drum's deep rumble / romances my very soul / magic in the beat

within summer's arms / the whole world flooded with sweat / minds cannot focus

Seagulls coast on wind / grateful for this cool reprive / from sweltering heat

fear and heat break me / one stifles, the other drains / heart pounds uselessly

a grumpy puddle / the dog surrendered to heat / moaned, and then melted

my heart breaks again / pictures of death and rubble / bloody senseless loss

rivers cold water / comfort from tormenting heat / salt upon my lips

river's cold water / comfort from tormenting heat / salt upon my lips

mind cannot process / the callousness of others / such sorrow to see

The dog hangs his head / the paddle and the kayak / mean one lonely day

rain falls so softly / cooling down both land and heart / gently nourishing

the quiet relief / after having moved mountains / deep satisfaction

rain slows the world down / nourishing, nurturing rest / in sublime stillness

suddenly i saw / color consume summer leaves. / autumn embraced me

crisp, cold morning air / the epitaph of summer / writ by falling leaves

the dog snores softly / the cat purrs her way to dreams / while i beg for sleep

caught in autumn's grasp, / i fall like a broken leaf / and stare at gray skies.

a bleak and gray day / in mind if not in nature / keep hoping for dawn

snow on autumn leaves / the season of ice and cold / rushes toward us

leaves over the road / cold wind tosses and turns them / obscuring the path.

stopped by complete shock / the dog stared at the new path / then went the old way

day of quiet rain / thorough gentle drenching / slow melancholy

darkness comes early / brings blankets of still silence / holds hands with the cold

with a sense of loss / the frost freezes fallen leaves / colors become ice

animals curl up / at peace with quick-setting suns / they dance in their dreams

cold brings them closer / pets shivering against me / warmth brings on their dreams

bracing wind, blue sky / my lungs draw sweet sea air in / to fuel my singing

dinner-time looks like / the darkest part of midnight / drenched in sudden cold

may thanksgivings come / singing from your joyful voice / on this snowy day

dim grey afternoon / as cold as the lover's arms / that haunt memory

the coast breaks each wave / rounded stones implacable / ocean begs in foam

one lonely bird sings / in the silent winter night / praising brilliant stars

the first rays of dawn / roll the dog onto his back / grunting thanksgivings

rain soaks into ground. / gentle, nourishing drizzle / hangs in warm fall air

the world looks colder / with all this white on the ground / then slush swallows feet

dark comes on early / winter stretches open arms / frozen embraces.

skeleton branches / the crow has no place to hide / from the naked cold

broken-heartedness / follows the season of cold / ghosts of rejection

diamonds in the grass / sparkle in frozen moonlight / stars fallen to earth

on a frigid night / dream of meteor showers / under warm covers

everything frozen / birds on skeleton branches / dangerously still

the cloudless night sky / brings cold starlight to the earth / moonlit, frozen ground

blue clouds in his eyes / as he smiles up at me / my sweet dog grows old

morning's soft grey light / brought wakefulness to the cold / through icy windows

walking in winter / breath moves through a hand-made scarf / delightful, slow steps

The woods stand naked / stripped of leaves and bright colors / that sunset turns gold

Setting sun and waves / cold beach drawn in golds and blues / made for solitude

keeping the cold back / by working slow and steady / under shining stars

Pain shocks me awake / I cry out to icy dawn / the name of lost love

seasons fall away / with so few things left intact / but tenacious dreams

the puppet's cut strings / lie buried in icy snow / forced into resting

dark and frozen night / under a blanket of ice / shimmers like diamonds

the gift of sunlight / blessings of warmth and clear skies / winter's sweet kindness

my heart's disquiet / met by the luminous moon / lovely, well-lit pain

such brightly lit cold / the wind blew through my body / while the harbor watched

a storm of darkness / comes over the sleepless mind / consumed by worry

love comes on like spring / its warmth heals the broken heart / joy opens up wide

the cold has returned / the world takes on hues of grey / my yearning heart aches

the stars and the moon / dissolved in frozen darkness / no light can withstand

searching in the rain / for some sign of springtime's hope / any shred of joy

my heart aches within / at love's unreality / a mirage vanished

loneliness subsides / though i am no less alone / my heart has found peace

the wind shifts its course / blowing me right off my feet / stones land on my soul

depthless shadows come / surrounding my breaking heart / i dissolve in grief

tiny shards of ice / fall from the fickle spring sky / cold breaking my heart

snow covered branches / warmth, sunlight, flowers all flee / and cold fills the void

robins and crows dance / on a thin, worn sheet of snow / their hope in spring blooms

beautiful river / flows by at a gentle pace / winter's grip loosens

thrashing within grief / restless as wind-tossed branches / that budded too soon

sunlight on my skin / cannot thaw the frozen pain / of my broken heart

deep within the woods / watching the sun's angle shift / nature makes me real

each raindrop a word / falling on the flooded ground / refusing paper

clay covered fingers / child squeezes scraps in her hands / thought lost inside art

how can there be dawn / when all i see are grey clouds / and cold rain like tears

in this gentle rain / i stop still to remember / the hummingbrird's flight

once more the sun shines / flowers bloom with wild zeal / no more need for dreams

no vacillation / summer's heat vanquishes spring / with this fierce sunshine