Life Nature Poems

Ahtohallan- The River of Memory

Where the north wind meets the sea,
There’s a river full of memory.

With her lie the answers that you seek,
Go to her...

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Not only do I mold vases and bowls from clay;
I also mold myself.
In a random weekend I jump into a muddy river,
and let nature shape...

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it has been written
in one of the books of nikki…
if you look into a mirror
you’ll see a beautiful creature
looking back at you…


it is assumed
that in...

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Phylogeny is to homology
as ecological respiration
is to theological aspiration.

I think
I shall never feel
a phylogenic tree
as uprooted
as homo-unlogical me.

Phylogenic chaos
is to ego-monological supremacy
not as ecological tree...

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(To the Two-Footed Brutes Who Have Forced Me to Stay in for over Twenty Seven Years)

Did I ever ask for money or the land of...

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life with words
a poet paints

from the road I pondered
observing harmony’s Monet
man and beast at peace comingled
in spring’s release this day

marvelous is the world of wonders...

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Givers and Takers 

For when I am a leaf upon the ground, 
As I often am. 
You will find me in a state of change....

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I love to sit under a tree
And smile as songbird sings,
He cocks his head and stares at me
And drops white slimy things.

And now behold, the...

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There was a time our mother earth spoke
Great words of wisdom in ancient times
A time when children were one with the Great Spirit

The children lite...

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While strolling along in the country, 
Having the opportunity to get fresh air, 
Wash my face and sip freshwater, 
Watching nature produce,
Fresh fruit and vegetables...

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A fiesty Zen priest recently told me,
"Earth's most toxic virus is humanity".
Riding on this muddy blue ball so lush
could we only be a bit of...

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WE WERE WIRED
Seeing the thickness of the forest craved the feel of darkness
I told myself and my mates, ‘We risk missing our way’.
The canopy cover...

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Under Lock And Key
For the first time I feel,
The loneliness in me,
Everything under lock and key,
Not a soul on the street,
I can’t feel my heart,
It’s...

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A pen tis' stride of mystery,
His search for truth eternity,
Lost in worlds so beyond,
No point of return did all warn'd,

Tread he bravely by this sea,
Forward...

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Mingo Falls, Cherokee NC

Come walk with me and rest your soul.
Go to where the waters flow,
and hear the music of natures’ best,
see how much we’re...

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snow-covered winter came calling
lightning thundered split trees are falling
gurgling streams spread spring’s overflow
bringing new life to all that grow

flowers dressed in red, white and blue
articulate...

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there is meaning in the songs around me,
the chattering of birds,
the foreign languages of animals,
the laughter of children at play tells of life;
these are the...

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Sealed from human eyes,
Veiled in shawls of the mist - 
Like the Arabian lady so shy...

All standing together,
Never far from each other,
Always holding hands...

The deer,...

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They called you Grandma,
 the matriarch of Tiaroa Head.
Your husband of seventeen years, Blue Green,
 named after the colours of the bands
they placed around his...

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Flirty feels forced, awkward,
like day old bread trying to pass.

Serious feels to vulnerable,
to many secrets are likely to unfold
before the wings dry for flight.

The vulnerable...

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