Watching the sky at the thinnest edge of day. Two grey squirrels scurry beneath maple leaves to bury walnuts under the grass. Plumed tails fidget marking their progress above sea of leaves. Stillness consumes sound. Silence, light yet heavy, shadow and light, expands perfectly cool, intensely magic, lingering twilight. Sense of continuity paints Mind in [...]
We inherited a cat. We are not pet people. Liz thought she was until we inherited a cat. We are not pet people. It’s not that we dislike animals. Quite contrary. We love them too much. Liz spoils our inherited cat with fresh fish and organic chicken livers. Every morning I pour the cat a [...]
He stares at the painting on the wall outside the meeting room moves in close, stretches over the table, gets intimate. He tilts his head to focus brush stokes through bifocals. A thought catches his mind and he walks backward quickly, eyes focused on color and form. He nearly collides with a woman in a [...]
The little things make life beautiful. Marigolds and hops in the garden. Miniskirts at the station. A comfortable seat with leg room. We could work naked, relax and know each other beautiful but we do not. I retreat to little things. Mozart and coffee in a quiet restaurant. Oatmeal with raspberries and yogurt. A call [...]
Unlike children we sometimes reject ideas; not every light-bulb is sacred. When lips purse to form words Ur-Editor weighs value against defect; attempts to predict impact, response, long-term effect on reputation; potential embarrassment and decides Yea or Nay. Unlike pen and keyboard speaking threatens finality; no undo; no rewrite. Some thoughts, strong, weak, brilliant as [...]
I failed to elegantly recover past posts. Rather than start fresh with a Fast Poem #18, I decided that tomorrow, Monday, January 12, a re-posting of Fast Poems #1 through #17 will begin. They will appear in the order originally posted. The first poem posted, and which I intend to re-post, did not get the [...]