Undress – #smallstone – Day 1
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Untangle the garland, unplug the cords.
Undress the desiccated bones
One bear-hug around brittle limbs.
Needles pool on the carpet.
He walks her to the curb.
Another year put away.
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Tag: nature
Sun Drops – small stone
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late sun drops low
over the reservoir
one circle of light among
the dozen headlamps
already licking the
new english road.
I want to stop. The single
goose on a high rock island
wants me to stop.
the soft … Read the rest “Sun Drops – small stone”
The sight of water – small stone
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even just the
sight of water
is enough to
slow the galloping
pony inside.
She stops
to watch the branch
touch sunny ripples and
then
hardly hears her
thunder heart over
the sweet robin
singing.
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I’m writing small … Read the rest “The sight of water – small stone”
Meltaway Island
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Last bit of
Snow on that
Surreal green patch.
Sun’s out.
We all live on
Meltaway Island.
— part of the 2013 Mindful Writing Challenge on “Writing Our Way Home”
Dirty Snow – small stone
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Dirty snow
Week old.
Every shade of
Gray.
You’ve let
Dogs and plows and
Schoolchildren
Have their way with you.
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I’m writing small stones as part of the January Mindful Writing Challenge. Feel free to join us.