To my 87 year old mother on losing a tooth
Now you have a pirate’s look –
at times a pirate’s laugh as well,
a high seas dry and salty cackle… Read whole poem
Black rock white rock
Blue black mussels tight shut in bunches
heap among the soft, sea-rounded, cheese-holed chalk chunks,
millions and millions and millions,
a bounty of them… Read whole poem
What is it?
Promise of this moment feels infinite,
Impossible to express, just out of reach and beckoning.
I sense connections, yes, just out of reach
But all the more alluring; mind wings
Want to unfurl, fly free across impossible landscapes… Read whole poem
Love song
Longing to find the object of this love that burns in me,
restlessly i reach out, seeking what calls me;
small though i am, this love is so vast,
this longing so great i can hardly eat or breathe
for the strength of the yearning within me… Read whole poem
Whaletalk
As we spoke i felt
our conversation become
a journey in a small boat
to glimpse great whales… Read whole poem
