trimming the distance salt water blankets bare thoughts waves caress slowly I captured this image along the shore of Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a storm was approaching. Bird watching along the shore line is enjoyable to me, in watching their flight, their determined (and sureness) in finding a mealContinue reading “salt: a haiku”
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benthos
beyond the shallows where your waves steep extracting the flavors of the sea in the rush of darkness, i bloom most silently into this garden of benthos, a blushing bride i become where you in most ardent steps nakedly roam clutching the tapestry of emeralds woven about my hair draping upon the coral of myContinue reading “benthos”
queen of the shades
minnows wading beneath the dance of the trees lending a choir to the air as earthen creatures stir but to catch a glimpse of she their maiden of the shade, their spring breathing persephone a narcissus sips from a nymph filled river bed unable to resist the breath of its perfume, she bows as itsContinue reading “queen of the shades”
flight
upon raven wing she drinks of midnight whiskey taking root with the moon til morning shade greens her soul captured these images from favorite trails here in Virginia. i love trying to combine my love of photography with my love of poetry. To view more of my photography you can visit my gallery here
beneath the tree
this soul hums beneath the tree beneath the tree that made me see see this me beneath the tree where my soul hums where it is free where it is meant to be beneath the tree -just breathe-
maiden of the shades
she sips the wind, a wise friend to the shade
for the lust of the sun is but a myth here
a singsong to her soul, she bows to the call
as narcissus blades and violas dance upon the rivers edge
cage:haiku
you find me starving caught as lightening in a cage aching for a pulse -just breathe-
sunday’s
lazy sunday mornings the warmth of you tangled up in me and nowhere to be -just breathe-