Walking the labyrinth of dried lava Pele’s braids Feet on the edge of burning.   The head meditates while the waves crash in trying to wake the sleepwalker. I a random speck on the edge of a crater. When there is nothing left to plunder,…

The dream beckons Cracking the sound waves Wreaking havoc in the wind   The dream struggles Breaking the shackles Shattering the silent space   The dream…slips away And dreams its own dreams

we borrowed a little soil to grow food around our little house the wind, which had blown strong off Bellingham Bay all winter and spring, was still now. neighbors walk out at low tide, from Locust Beach, when the cold waters recede. fires are burning…

World, my amazing World, you sustained me When death came near. Winds first rustling in wild torrents flew me To the hospital, where waiting doctors listened for Sirens above the whoosh. Water iced over in silver-white edges cracked in support and Traction in the frenzy…

Elemental Wild child, breezing through the passing days, twigs caught in my hair, I rode the back of the north wind, her spirit child. No one ever told me those swiftly disappearing days would be here and gone, burned away in a flaming instant. For…

    Earthen Fantasy   I walk Bellingham’s Boardwalk frequently and only once felt fear.   Winter gust so strong I brace, prepare to grab a railing or try to fall.   What is permanence?   I think we are more than specs twirling in…

Just out of time impossible ampersands slow down to accommodate brutalist bearskin mugs tipping the tray to Friday rolling on And HEY rolling up for a soaking to see the main attraction for miles around fall to its knees and go to ground.  

I contain the Universe within. I am starstuff, the fires of the sun burn along every nerve and flash of thought. With every breath I steal the air from your chest. I am rooted to the earth with each step, Gaia lives in my hardened…

Why does love hurt so much? And make you yearn for just one touch. I wish he were here with me, Or just somewhere for me to see.   Love can hurt so bad, And really makes you sad. I wish he would appear in…

Fire boasted he was so powerful to anyone who would listen when Wind came along, briefly fueling his ego yet secretly longing to head in a different direction… Earth threw himself on the political pair Killing fire’s force and stomping wind’s whimsy Water entered the…