All Poems

The Lighthouse



In December my 86-year-old mother [...]

Stripped Down


Winter in California.
Chilly winter [...]

Winter Vision Quest




Vision Quest: A sacred rite [...]

Missing Her

For my friend, Robin

My friend [...]


A Mother’s Work Is Never [...]

Leaf Crossing


The golden leaves of the [...]

Leaving the House

 
Sometimes we leave the house [...]

Anchored in Mystery


Up ahead of me,
an [...]

Cairn


Before GPS, road signs or [...]

Word Juggler


When we were little kids [...]

24/7 Reality Show


This week I saw a [...]

Strangers on the Bus

 
Two elderly women board
the [...]

Light for Reflection


In our former home, I [...]

What Does a Deer Say?


While out walking, I saw [...]

The Way You Walk


For all the many years [...]

Release


                        For C.
Reluctantly, our [...]

Good Doctor Who

 
On Sunday night
my psychiatrist [...]

Morning Comes



I awake in early light [...]

Slaphappy Parade

 
Geese don’t feed their nestlings [...]

Little Bone


I am taking a shortcut [...]

Ah, the Romance of Nature


For a long time I [...]

I Need a Lot of Kisses

 
The earth can quake…
The [...]

Spying On My Neighbor

  
After watching my new neighbor [...]

Top Shelf


For the last 20 or [...]

The Fog


Sometimes in the evening
I [...]

Where I Live

When my husband showed me
the [...]

Everything Is New Again


Spoons, knives, and forks
gleaming [...]

Into the Madness

What? No poem? [...]

Once a chaste and faithful wife [...]