tuesday 22 december

the wind
&
white
feathers

for getting earth

in the
Wild
holy places.

. . . . . . . . . .

Today's OED word of the day for the erasure poem was 'pill.'

saturday 19 december

december mist —
once again the world
is flat

tuesday 17 november

dilated eyes
watching the clouds roll in
with profound relief

sunday 8 november

sunday afternoon —
a single sailboat leaning
into the storm

saturday 7 november

trembling against
the stormy sky a rainbow
of autumn leaves

wednesday 28 october

nothing
on the horizon
but winter

tuesday 27 october

tumultuous clouds
fling themselves across the bay
autumn storms

tuesday 20 october

october —
the flower stalls filled
with vegetables

monday 12 october

street decorations
for Columbus Day —
yellow leaves

sunday 11 october

clouds floating
over Sunday morning
stillness

saturday 10 october

Arizona —
long thin lines
of long thin palms

thursday 8 october

summer lingers
in the scent of salt water
and a toddler's laugh

wednesday 7 october

six trees gone to gold
keep me company
all afternoon

monday 5 october

blushing
under the red umbrella
the ghost pumpkins

sunday 4 october

full moon —
a lone walker keeps looking
over his shoulder

saturday 3 october

a small girl
in a lavender jacket
hopping on poems

After attending the 2nd Annual NW Tea Festival (if you ever get offered Li Shan (Pear Mountain) oolong, do NOT turn it down!), I wandered through the Poem Stones at Seattle Center. Rubbed a piece of an e.e. cummings one to start this sketch:

i thank you God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes...

friday 2 october

friday afternoon —
the ferry line stretches
back to summer

A sketch from Lincoln Park and its view through the madrones to the Vashon Island ferry boat.

thursday 1 october

october first —
doodling 'o's
into pumpkins

wednesday 30 september

translucently green
maple leaves in the sun
calendar-blind

thursday 24 september

warm september days —
summer dawdles on the stage
showing off