Category Archives: wonder world

Midwinter

A fine, white dust of snow Scattered on the glass table outside the kitchen window Winter’s presence fading buds begin to show on the early trees Spring more than a month away struggles for a foothold on Winter’s slippery perch … Continue reading

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Poems from Preschool World

The Dream Artist as a Preschool Teacher There is a place Where a line of tall eucalyptus trees Stand in twilight. A path runs along beside them. Somewhere near is a park with a wooden game Where you put a … Continue reading

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Three Poems From My Natural Science Period

Twenty Years Ago In the heavy forest, My skin bordered the sky, Played with it, Wings probing, Noticing, Eyes turned on themselves. In between I was unprepared, Whirled from almost every year Back to that object of finding gaze And … Continue reading

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It Does Not Matter Where You Look

A big blue bend in an endless sky, A yellow fire clinging deep in a dry well, It is all the same. A cloud of stars, Grains of rice in a black bowl, Simple.

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Part of a Process

Devastation is Not the End. Life moves everywhere in time, never ceasing its toil to reclaim the blasted land. Dust will be soil. Ashes will be a beginning. Life is process. Hear yourself speak. Listen to the sound, The music … Continue reading

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