blue heron left
painted shadow
across open meadow
where i roamed.
and the words
dripped
like melting ice
in the chambers
of my heart.
the wind from her wing
set me free
and left me floating
in the under current-
like love with a studder
tossing and turning in the
ever changing weather of life

spenceville

I followed the yellow brick road
to the land of my lover
walked hand and land
rounded bends,crossed creeks
breathed deep the moist air
laying low in the drainages.

got drunk on beauty
giggled at water rippling
back at me.

placenta detachment

i call each day or two
grateful,obedient.
despite the pain
that surges through
my heart channels
as if they were on fire
often when we talk..
reminded daily of childbirth
34 years later
i show respect to you
my mother.
i peel the emotional placenta
back gently as if a skin
whisper thin
so as not to rip-
or cause bleeding.
we alone
stand together.

its red like my first borns lips

growing outside
my bedroom window
ripening on the vine
is my first
and its deep red
like the first time
blood ran
from my moon,
from his manhood
inside me.
It wasn't a apple
but a pomegranate
Eve picked in
the lovely garden
offered her.
she knew
in that fruit
were sweet explosive
garnets of expression
waiting for her.
to be enjoyed
over and over
waves of red roses
over sunsets.

RE

roll
romp
relax
release
reduce
reuse
redo
repeat
reopen
react
rebirth
reheat
refine
reline
regrip
regain
regroup
request
rehab

layers of opening

pedals fell from
my belly to the soft
accepting earth and
cushioned my fall
as I gave myself
to the goddess
for cleansing
for celebration.

blooming early
in the last years
as my hair greys
and wrinkles
fill in the spaces
which once held
emotions fixed
I bend now
easy-

hum.....?..!!!!.....????

Hum.I think I'm lonely.

perhaps like a lone rose,

the last one of the season

to bloom.

My yard, life

wants for your laughter.

the other end of the tub

is waiting just for you

your strong back.