Poetryenmotion

The wooden ladder

I stood at the foot of a tall wooden ladder
piercing a purple cloud in the green heavens;
all around the ground was bare except…

To the morrow

Dispassion
that encompasses
the tears shed
over a fallen petal, 
snow feathers over 
the bending blades,
a turning over in bed.

Make me laugh

Make me 
laugh
till I cry, 
help me live 
till I die: 
gasping 
“Enough!”

BE A SEED

Flowers, when spent, give up their seeds.
Wind blows them where it will. Dropped 
in the perfect place, never wishing to be 
elsewhere, they root and flourish.

Make Room for Miracles

You must make room for miracles. The new birth, the long awaited Joy comes quietly. Naturally. Conceived in Love…

Fate Expectations

expectations are the blemish on my face
wild emotions produce this disgrace
planning and stress spearhead this fall
five looks…

I’d Ask For Wings

I should have five minds, to read 
my towering stack of books and 
report back with a synopsis.

How to Kick a Maltese Cat

Tisk — tisk!

What I really want to do

A Stormy Defense

The National bird of Malta is the Blue Rock Thrush.

Call of the Wild

When I’m away too long, wild comes to look for me. Shows up unexpectedly, like the coyote who found the muffins I’d crumbled for…