looking down in balboa

san diego. october 2012.

oh thank god, obama. thank god.

balboa solo

san diego. october 2012.

quit playing games

city hall lounge, emeryville. may 2012.

bachelorette

sonoma. june 2012.

my best friend's getting married on saturday.

eastertime

 pescadero. april 2012.

low mountain light

lower dusy basin. august, 2011.

into the dark abyss

marin headlands. july 2011.

an updated version of my last poem.
more to vance's style, i think.

When I awaken early

from the pre-dawn light

and reluctantly rise (before the rest),

I look at what surrounds me; 

I lay my eyes against objects simple and profound

and write a poem with my eyes and what they see. 

When backlit clouds prism rays into every shade;

When bare pine branches reach down

to frame sections of sky,

I am reminded that, although
there are no new words to use,
somehow each dawn is yet unthought.

When I awaken to the new day's light upon me,
I follow its caress
on rock and stream and branch;

I exist within a landscape of untouched woodland,
of hidden watersheds deep in the hills.
I face the dawn and shine my joy upon it.

turkeys on the railing

marin headlands. july 2011. 

two turkey hens sunning themselves on a railing, a loud bossy male right of frame, strutting.

a pair of us

barstow, ca. november, 2010.