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Dirt Path in Summer
Catherine
the dirt path in summer sips the insect silence reclines, resides reflects, delves deeper and though the soil is tough no blade of grass can cut it sighs softly, to my tiptoed dance and the... More »
Long Halls
Catherine
a poem of memories and a building the long halls only echoed after midnight when enough silence had pressed in from the dense night air and each footfall preceded and receded me mocked my courage... More »
Eyes Glued on this Child
Catherine
perfect imperfections skipping strides skipping rocks my heart, skipping beats deceleration completes its vivid circle and again I sit on my observer’s roost in motionless moment-ness eyes glued on this child whose tininess overwhelms for... More »
Summit View
Catherine
the summit view taking it in alone the children and squirrels scamper, little bodies so fresh in joy knitting time with small movements the trees, the clouds conversing gritty mottled rocks still gleam from their... More »
One More Glimpse
Catherine
Tulips in swaths pristine yet surreal colored orange with fuchsia holding court with insanity the sky hunched above admiring with its queazy grey smile momentary liquid bubbling confusion and the distraction was complete momentary but... More »
Ricocheted
Catherine
the day simply ricocheted like a sounding song of bouncing color rippling and riding shattering the surface revealing something buried in the starkness a violently vibrant cascading crescendo pummeled by overriding love the sun with... More »
Horizon
Catherine
I love the geometry of the horizon can you feel its line, its curve it speaks to the heart in perceptions not contradictions for you see, ambiguity, can be a cradle, a haven, a place,... More »
Gravity and Magnetic Force
Catherine
I meditate on gravity and on magnetic force as I orbit in my morning house bare feet rubbing, maple boards buffed by night’s silent air I know these forces invisible play their games in hidden... More »
Coastal Metaphors
Catherine
for my girls coastal metaphors, roll in as I contemplate, the splendors of my children’s hearts I am not the ocean in their lives just the edge, just the shore I will hold their beacons... More »
Stars Gather Strength
Catherine
the stars gather strength playing, pressing through the ink night sky the inkier the deeper the emptier the sky the stronger the pull stellar confusions astral confessions celestial cravings shimmering with naked beauty punctuated by... More »
poetry
August 2008 