by heather | Sep 5, 2012 | Poems
These twenty years or more dried out the soil, the salt of unshed tears a poison on the landscape. A few plants bearing fruit, these children with their roots outside the borders … but desolation reigns where bright sun shows no mercy. Blame is easiest, and...
by heather | Sep 5, 2012 | Poems
I surrender, no fight left, the holding gone… green shaking as the aspens dance, trembling joy diminished into words, semaphore of aeons fore and aft, drowning in a tender gasp of gratitude. Be loved beloved; grace carries all this breathing; aspire, inspire,...
by heather | Sep 5, 2012 | Poems
I’m happy to see the rooms you’ve made beautiful, pleased to watch you show your treasures, glad to smile at your newfound wealth… but will you let me peek over your shoulder through doors just slightly ajar? Can you hint at uncertain chaos, lurking?...
by heather | Sep 5, 2012 | Poems
Start with what you have, soft muscles that relax to make space for air, some movement in the body. The memory of love. A yearning pang of need like a bell on a train, music on a journey. Watch how you listen to it ring; do you leap, alarmed and urgent? Or is there...
by heather | Aug 21, 2012 | Poems
Help me track my life like a paintbrush sliding on the day, daubed with unexpected colours that leave traces where I am moved, the supple tip of my wet bristles delicate in connection. Not the mover, not with some grand design in mind’s eye, held by an unseen...
