One Glance

One Glance One glance from your eyes will change me forever… forsaken to beloved ashes to beauty swarthy to lovely rejected to accepted from a desert thorn to a desert rose.

haiku: desert place

sparkling springs at home draw me from this desert place where I have wandered

Ancient Melody

Ancient Melody My grandmother grew up on a farm–one of twelve children– a school teacher of twelve grades in one room. As a student herself she studied math hard… because it was hard… so they told her. Many years later, she worked at H & R Block filing income taxes for others–way into her seventies–because she…

Cursed Capernaum

Ancient synagogue in Capernaum, Israel I wrote this poem in Israel while on a tour. If you have ever taken a tour to Israel, you will discover that most of what you see is ancient stones… from the Romans, Turks, Crusaders, Byzantine monks, Israelites, Caananites… The stones and antiquated relics of people who have occupied the…

haiku: one hour

if one day is a thousand years, then one hour with you will be enough

haiku: scars

scars on furniture mark character, human scars say imperfection

Remembering Mothers

Pontormo’s “Visitation,” –famous mothers, Mary and Elizabeth I wrote this in honor of my mother and mother-in-law. 

Moonbeams

moonbeams upon a rolling sea unlocked a song buried within my heart