Thursday, June 29, 2017

my life now

my life now
full of images

mind full of light

body in
activities

reason
and
imagination

arise
together

at times
in no

contradiction

embracing
like lovers


@

it all comes back / what my loving was

it all comes back
what my loving was

i understand when i see you
it all makes sense

i look at your face
it fits some image complete

before suspected
now bright and sharp as morning

all thoughts and hopes
scattered previously land

i remember certain ones
comprehend all of them

even those i had lost
due to sadness or grief



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love

i fall in love with
distant mountains

i fall in love with
certain moments

i fell in love
one night
with a moon
over a white wall
and three stars
that reminded me of you

and i had not
even met you
til now



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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

there are some reasons / why a woman loves a man

there are some reasons
why a woman loves a man
she will never tell him

a woman's prerogative
she loves him for things
he will never know about

though he might think
he'll never know why

he might tell her
but true love is never
fully explained



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Monday, June 19, 2017

feelings
are not memories

and memories
are marks

like trails on a blackboard
that all fade

formed
from ghostly dust

what i recall
is in error

the moon
was not as full

a kiss
was just a whim

motions
set into other motions

marks
from other marks


Sunday, June 18, 2017

feelings are not memories / and memories are marks

feelings are not memories
and memories are marks

like trails on a blackboard
that all fade

formed
from ghostly dust

what i felt was invented
from a mind full
of desires

from a ego full of plans
tricks and traps

full of feelings



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Saturday, June 17, 2017

corcoran / a country road

corcoran
a country road
hint of rain

talking
to a friend
about bliss

eternity

all around
wind blowing
golden hue

over farms
scatter of birds
across the view

in the now

where does
this world end
and heaven start

in equanimity
in corcoran
i do not know


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Friday, June 16, 2017

on june 16 / blooms day we met

on june 16
blooms day
we met
over lunch
and i said
you should say
things in
the mirror
to show
kindness
to your
own self
like

i love you
i love you
i love you

then it
rained
as we
walked
to the car

each one
of us
with a
styrofoam
container
dotted
with drops



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Monday, June 05, 2017

this poem for you

a poem for you

how we might
strive all day long
in solitude
but be unaware
of any loneliness

this means we are
well involved
in the work that
can make us closer
to others

opening our heart
to motivations
beyond hope and
fear

entering
a kind of
gratitude
after much
hard effort

calm vision
of the gifts
that follow

this poem for you

Sunday, June 04, 2017

You will drink me
If you keep driving too fast

तिमी मलाई पिउन गर्नेछ
यदि तपाईं धेरै छिटो ड्राइभिङ राख्न

Timī malā'ī pi'una garnēcha
yadi tapā'īṁ dhērai chiṭō ḍrā'ibhiṅa rākhna

Friday, June 02, 2017

June 2

darkness
going into darkness
after maintaining high hopes

what is done
is done to one's self
through the consolations of the self

these lapses
in the aim for temporary comfort
lead to the opposite and no reprieve

the dog returns
to his own vomit the singer to his song
the wind never stops blowing as the wind

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June 2

Sunday, May 28, 2017

the heart travels far / across the whole universe

the heart travels far
across the whole universe
and universes of universes

you can't catch them
break or take them
only admire how they are

you might shed a tear
if you do that is good
can make your heart better

you'll affectionately
see all the hearts around you
coming and going with this life


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there's a beautiful road / on a blue sky sunny day

for Heather

there's a beautiful road
on a blue sky sunny day
wind keeps blowing
in a refreshing way

playing a symphony
of rustling trees
the curling waving
flicking sun-dappled leaves
of elms maples and pines

when i hear this song
i stop from my ride
and i wonder how such
clear loud beauty
so serene yet active
can exist

yet it does
without a single word
devoid of all thought
and having no fears
wind keeps blowing
in a refreshing way
playing a symphony

a beautiful road
on a blue sky sunny day


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Medicine Lake



Thursday, May 25, 2017

i dream i am taller / and it is just a dream

i dream i am taller
and it is just a dream
this being amusing
and also irritating

laying in bed
looking at the extra
two or three feet
extended at my shins

like in charlie and the
chocolate factory
who was the kid stretched

mike tv that's me
three in the morning
with daddy long legs


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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

when you live your life/ knowing you don't

when you live your life
knowing you don't
have infinite time
to go here or there

while life is sweet
but time is turning too

appreciation of place
and setting
of sentiment
or simple gesture
becomes acute



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Sunday, May 21, 2017

insert time here

insert time here
in diminishing amounts

but each moment
as infinite as the last

as we move forward
the past takes on a red tinge

like from the taillights
of a car or speeding plane

as we move forward
the future is lit white

like from searchlights
from a battleship



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Friday, May 19, 2017

or how / your goodness to me

my recollections
are distortions
mostly self-serving

but some
are innocent constructions

prayer
images hovering

a fondly remembered
vignette

or how
your goodness to me
will never go away


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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

how could anywhere not be as nice / as the place we are now

going to a foreign country
where no one is ever unhappy
and nothing bad happens

after a few seasons
you forget what home was like
someone asks you how it was

you think it must have been nice
how could anywhere not be as nice
as the place we are now


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Monday, May 15, 2017

dream factory of night

dream factory of night
on the assembly line
till 3 am

quota made

you can relax


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my favorite experience / reading a poem

my favorite experience
reading a poem

the words unlocking
a door in my heart

i wasn't aware
was there




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