Nature

Webs

The spider pulls the thread to thread the web
 In spirals on the star across the stems,
 A zig-zag to the side to stitch it up,
 Then centers itself, looking out in eight
 Directions, its organization firm
 Beneath its sensitive eight legs that feel
 For movement so the spider can pounce on
 The profit from its hard…

Mountain Lakes

The big lakes in the West are all dark blue — 
 Lake Tahoe, the Great Salt Lake, and Bear Lake — 
 Blue under the open sky, a dark hue
 To make the new naive mistake them fake.
 They’re not the blue of spidered turquoise rock.
 They’re not blue like the smooth blue of the sky.
 They’re not the bright…

Relief

Is that a crocus peeking through the snow?
The winter melts away around the bloom
Of tender promise in light indigo.
I’m thankful for the disappearing gloom.

Truth

Mountains rising to the clouds
Snowy peaks the mist enshrouds
Stones protrude above the trees
Bent down by the mountain’s breeze.

Glaciers grinding down the stones
Lay to light the ancient bones -
Ocean creatures…

Recursion

Death feeds life and life feeds death
All of earth lives in this heth
Growth embraces not just one
Mountains too will be undone.