Rhapsody in WordPress

If we were to meet
I might not know
your faces
but I would recognize
your hearts

a belated valentine

You look especially lovely today, my dear.

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Oliver After Dark

Savvy cat strolls outdoors
meeting and greeting the dogless walker
black fur polishes boots
purrs contentment
Be savvy, cat!
Coyote four-pack
loped this way last night

my first cat poem

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MOON PULL

Rising moon
pulls me
calls me outside
to walk under brilliant clouds
in the quiet evening
lit by lunar radiance,
no longer by your presence.

Moon sculpture by Julie Maren

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Yellowstone in Winter 2011

Yellowstone this winter was very beautiful and very cold, more normal than last year, when snow packs were low and temperatures hovered in the 20’s and 30’s F (-7 to -1 C) The early morning low was -30 F (-34 C). Even so, remembering when the world was young, winter daytime highs in Yellowstone used to be -34C. In those days, accommodations were spartan and the food was inedible. Now it’s much more civilized with many more winter visitors. The food is great and the rooms warm and comfortable. So what’s to complain about?

our castles are a little different

Is this a nose?

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Yellowstone in Winter 2010

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Monica

BELOVED FRIEND

Wild and unknowable
balm to the spirit
always surprising
always the same
place of beauty and peace
beloved friend, Yellowstone.

Be back soon.

Posted in Nature, Poems, wilderness, Yellowstone | Tagged national parks, nature, poems, poetry, U.S. Department of the Interior, wilderness, wildlife, Yellowstone | 18 Comments

Member of the Family

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Monica

Member of the Family

Call me mother, call me father,
call me source of life and strength
call me sister, call me brother
call me only home and hearth
call me garden of paradise
call me member of the family
call me earth.

This poem is a work in progress, but I thought it would be nice to respond to Pen’s beautiful post.

Posted in Nature, Poems | Tagged earth, nature, poetry, wilderness, wildlife | 22 Comments

Justice is Blind … or … Three Blind Judges

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Monica

Justice is Blind

(Sung to the tune of… well, you know)

Three blind judges
three blind judges
see how they run
see how they run
they ran away from discussions of state
refused a constitutional mandate*
failed to honor a nation in wait
three blind judges.

Three blind judges
three blind judges
see how they run
see how they run
the verdict will likely be cruel, you see
no mercy shown for reputations three
forgotten waifs of history
three blind judges.

*Article 2, section 3, Constitution of the United States:

He (the President) shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them…

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Spiral Rings

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Monica

SPIRAL RINGS

Tree rings spiral
in the shape of an unnamed galaxy
close to home
but years away in time.
Unique stamp of the universe
imbedded in our cells
surfaces on the finger tips.

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More on Moore

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Monica

Here are more pictures from the Gardens, taken with a freshly-charged battery. I wanted to “drift with form and texture”, as Pen said, but it was a little too cold to linger. I tried to explore with the camera, instead of climbing on them like I wanted to.

This figure is a bit mysterious. As Pen says, it seems to be plaintively crying to the heavens. But the limbs seem relaxed and comfortable. What do you think? Thanks to all of you for your (always) interesting and incisive comments.

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Moore at the Gardens

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Monica

Whale out of water
or Moore at the Gardens?
“Locking Piece” leaves next week.

I’m kicking myself. An exhibition of Henry’s Moore’s works was installed last March in our Botanic Gardens. Did I visit in every season and in every light? No. Did I visit at all until last weekend? No. Next week the sculptures return to their home in Leeds, England, and the gardens will look bare without them.

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