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Poems ~ Publications
It Happened So Quickly
Light in a sapphire over exquisite wine campfire-light and shadows on a redwood grove, Daughter of Ceto naked in the ferns waterfall pouring behind you guarding the portals of Salmon Creek sun of all worlds our fiery heart Diablo winds coming in news of a fire somewhere, Big Sur summer. […]
Has It Really Come to This?
The story has been told and retold: Ben Franklin was walking out of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, when a lady asked him…. “Well, Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy? Franklin, “A republic, if you can keep it.“ But that’s not the end of the story which most […]
Break This Bottle
If I taxed my heart long enough to reach ninety-one I’d run short of beats, I know, dumb idea, no matter. I don’t need to map life that far to be happy– Still it’s good to know what’s out there before setting a course for the Isle of Calamity—waves rise and fall no gull flies […]
Denial is Violence
Like the silence of those who deny the truth, the silence in Death Valley Nearly denies my being– It is a dreadful void, the white silence of my sister, the moon She is alien, empty, my sorrow, the hurt The Chaste Huntress bound and tied, her mouth taped shut While her own dogs tear and […]
In Praise of Fisherman
Blessed are the fishermen that free the humble pelican From sinker, line and hook Tangled in a beak, Holy men are these who catch fish and release The insensitive prey, cold-blooded are they delicious but dumb, killing them ‘s no fun. Praise the poor fishermen, forget the pod of dolphin Driven into coves Slaughtered by […]
To the Philosopher who said he gave up Beach Combing for the facts of life on Wall Street
Truth, you see, when backed into a crevice between stones cannot be got, will not be out unless you wait. Oh you may jab it with a stick but you only succeed in helping the thing lodge itself more firmly. Hard to come by yes, the old crab is tough, if it sees you It […]
Mugunghwa
A white Rose of Sharon Wide open like the third eye of Wisdom Stares at the morning star Mugunghwa / The Rose of Sharon, Korea’s National Flower The Poem appeared first in “The Fires of Spring” by Rayn Roberts 2002 All Buddhist traditions agree that as the morning star rose in the sky in the early morning, […]
After Heavy Rain
Everything want out of the rain even earthworms dance of the walk Evening comes The rain lets up ants carry off one screaming worm Everything wants See it LIVE! Poem appeared first in “The Fires of Spring” by Rayn Roberts 2002
Letter to a Close Companion
You begin in the twitch of conception, a long narcotic lullaby until the song vibrates in every cell and bone. We will never be rid of each other, so come, come, little ones will circle in dance striking your face with flowers I loved mocking your toothy grin they will never take your outstretched hands, […]
