Raindrops
We didn’t notice The crickets had left Their song abandoned Between blades of grass So intent were we On our own sonata Played out To a final crescendo And then came Drops of rain Making holes In the heavy air Falling from towering Cumulonimbus clouds Clouds we could smell But couldn’t see Dropping their fat raindrops Atop our heads And splatting like ripe plums Upon the pavement As we said goodnight LiNdA ...
Read MoreHobbitless
Shasta Caverns, Lake Shasta, California The lack of a Hobbit Besides rendering one hobbitless Gives one a chance to engage In a different sort of adventure One that is not bound and trapped In a Middle Earthian tumult But an excursion that floats On the outer rim of phantasm A flight of fancy That ravishes the senses A journey that melts Into a moonless night Soaring contentedly Along a path illuminated By the glowing embers Of a starlit sky LiNdA...
Read MoreA Journey Around the Sun
Image from Tech Times article, “Young Star Reveals Role of Magnetic Field On Early Life On Earth” One strike of the galaxy clock And thus we have reached 584 million miles In 365 days Aboard our Earthship Which spins elegantly Requiring no effort on our part For we are enjoying the ride An elliptical orbit Bestrewn with sumptuous gifts From the volcano to the sea From vineyard to forest Drenched in fertile treasures From the Sun and the Moon And we shall partake Of the fruits laid before us Exultations and honor To the Ancient Stars Who guide with streaming paths Four feet to follow The cosmic chime Is a call to remembrance That being of the nebulaic cradle Fused from swirling gametes A bolide collision Fragments fiery rockets Slicing the aether In their Earthbound descent Blackened stones Our trembling feet Our corpora sheathed Imbued in their forms These meteoric mysteries The force of creation Melting into our souls As we begin to flame The burning of the grape And that of the candle Sustaining our Star Bodies With a most sapient essence All that of matter Dark and unseen The Holy Grail of Time Set alight by incandescent stirrings LiNdA ...
Read MoreArcana
From the mouth of the cave Comes a zephyr flowing outward Carrying mysticism and magic And with each draw of the card Another breath emanates Sending forth the spirit And upon its exhalation You travel the miles In a heartbeat Alighting at my door While the Moon Hides her face behind a cloud And so the play begins With but the faint glow of a candle To illuminate the midnight hour The story is told Through impassioned expressions And quiescent longings Uniting myth and fantasy Fairy tale and allegory To the essence of Truth Then the Star of Night Finally reveals herself To their searching eyes...
Read MoreThe Labyrinths of His Own Belly Button
Watercolor En memoria Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano Thus began the great love affair That spurted blood through open veins The love and blood spilled from the sun And congealed in the shadow The drops of blood ran As beads of sweat Glistening down our backs Which we captured in our cupped hands We, the children of days, drank the love and the blood And partook of the same sanguine ecstasy Erupting in the fire of a memory When we masked our faces and took to the wind Until we flew upside down on the breath of the monster That dropped us on a summit and we swam in two oceans at once And our masks fell off and we looked in the mirror And beheld the truth of the matter...
Read MoreLa Lumière de la Lune
Cover me with the light of the Moon And your eyes like dark stars Searching my face The pale glow of your skin Warm to the touch Beneath my fingers In the play of shadows Cast by a flickering flame Moon drops glint on your cheek A mist of silver Descends from above And cools my brow Softly you lay beside As the Moon passes over And leaves behind a soft blanket LiNdA
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