Poetry

Sing out, America, sing out. Vocalize your discontent. Make clear your grievances. Raise voices high and long and loud. Sing out, America, the time is now. Now to shed these foolish cretins. Now to still the liars’ din. Now to beg no tyrant’s pardon. Now to stoke that rage within. Now refire that torch held […]

Change is in the air The clouds gathering Could bring welcome rain, And unwelcome wind. Balance in everything. Even those things so bleak So horrible we feel crushed, Are countered by Events and actions of Bravery and beauty, Compassion and hope. Balance and bravery Make life worth living. Withstand the wind To welcome life giving […]

One apple, sliced Bowl of oatmeal, piping hot Brown sugar over the top Sweetened coconut  Strong coffee, cream, slowly drunk Watching morning news In horror. — Lori Cole 

I am from ocean air and silver fog. I am from marshes, blue herons, and white egrets. I am from Eucalyptus holding winds at bay, piebald cows blanketed in mist  lichen on ghostly fences. I am from otters, whitecaps, and the sea spray of a whale’s journey. I am from Sunday beach picnics —  golden […]

She looks up. Smiles. “Are you in our system?”  “Used to be, but I moved away.” “But you’re back now?” “Yes.” I smile at my son. “When I knew he was on the way, I brought us back.” She smiles at him, too. “I understand. I found you. You’re here.” I look from her to […]

I stopped to see the moon Sneaking through the day I watched a file of pelicans Patrol the breakers through the spray I spied a beached sea lion in the sand As two prospecting ravens pecked their prey While from the hills rang antiphonal psalmody Performed by rapt coyote choirs, far away. —Ellen Taylor

Fall has fallen The twilit light The day neatly folded into night White wintry eve The silent loon The frostbit fingernail called the moon The world is cold, my son, and bare And this, our darkest even of the year, May seem to cling forever near But feel this heart, its warmth, its care It […]

Deep Gratitude For everything that sings For leaves rustling in the wind And blossoms returning every spring Deep Gratitude For the four directions For the brightly shining sun And the moon’s reflections Deep Gratitude For winter, summer, day and night For the world going ‘round And wild birds in flight Deep Gratitude For joy unplanned […]

Long short day and I feel Every moment of it. So late the sun Rises now, and so soon It’s set. Apparently my daily list Hasn’t got The memo yet. — Dottie Simmons

Two little dogs bring eight feet of dirt everywhere they go paws on couches paws on floors dirty noses in the roses dirty tails leave dirty trails fur rolled in leaves leave stems from the trees fur rolled in grass leave green blades en mass two little dogs in the bath innocence with laughing eyes […]

I was a baby-faced eagle who woke in January. Flying near a screen, I had to stop before I could even start. I witnessed barricaded doors being torn apart. Subjects wielded weighty flagpoles. They smashed at the foundation; the shards were yelled out whole. Guards were knocked into crying arms, and eagles looked around for […]