~ July Sky ~

July sky

smashed the sea

of its blues.

Hot smoke rising,

whisperings from

a mountain

burning brown and grey.

Naked, hungry wind,

stark against hearts

runs on alone.

7th July 2011

Magpie Tales # 70 ~ Mute ~

I stare at you.

A silver tear-trail

on a glossy cheek

breaks your heart.

You want to know my story....

I cannot tell you.

My age has made me mute.

I am but dust and 

a face with a silver

tear-trail.

For sale.

20th June, 2011

Thank you for the image prompt Magpie Tales

Magpie Tales # 69 ~ Spiral ~ Haiku

Feminine spiral

divine proportion of life.

Post primordial womb.

13th June, 2011

Thank you for the image~prompt Magpie Tales

~ Whispering Secrets ~

Trees talk to my hands.

Bark~braille whispering secrets

to seeking fingertips. 

9th June, 2011

~ Dancing Day ~

Dancing day ~

playing,

laughing.

Summertime heat

waves at you

at me ~
grins.....
and melts 

 into night.

6th June, 2011

~ Moving Water ~

Moving water,

curling,

old,

green.

Seasons of the moon

ache.

A tree...

 softly sings

to sweet sky...

heralding Summer.

6th June, 2011

~ White with Love ~

~ Drowned Ripples ~

The sea,

the river,

and

the tree

are silver.

The sun,

the tide,

and

thunder

signal

drowned ripples

on your journey.

13th January 2010

~ Silent Wood ~

Silent wood,

cut to the bone.

Chopped, chopped.

The weak.

 The strong bursting high.

Secret.

Fall apart.

Woodland poetry died.

8th  February 2011

~ Time Will Stay ~

Birds in glittering woods

speak words for years.

Changing breath...

whisper...

Time will stay.

8th May  2011

~ The Hands of the Sun ~



I am walking

the hands of the sun,

casting lights of stars

off the ocean.

My skin might seal

the world within.

Your blush breathes

the grave away.

February, 2010

~ Faces of Flowers ~

Faces of flowers.

Summer eyes untouched

and unaware.

Ancient sands,

black and brilliant

calm the deep breath.

Delicate snow lies simple

and unsmiling.

Innocent anticipation.

5th September, 2010

~ Home ~



Wandering down by the stream

I hear sunrise track a shadow.

The field pulls the meadow

to the water.

Soft, thistledown breeze

whispers

:

:

home.

13th Januarly 2011

~ Passion ~



Underground safely,

mysteries rehearse

faultless avenues

upon a tomb.

And through the chill,

nothing was found

but passion.

8th May, 2011

~ Beltane ~

A joyous celebration of life.

Fires burn in loin and soul.

Spirits high. Bodies meet,

Feeling mother Earth.

Her deep pulse beating time.

A rhythmic dance.

In honour of this Beltane night.

12 March 2008

~ Frail as Ice ~

Winter snowfall frail as ice,

shifting against

polished green

bitter herbs.

Ritual of the unfree.

The wine poured,

and the door

a promise of stars.

In shadow.

Necessary.

11th March 2011

~ Waves Swell Roaring ~

 A fading, gleaming waywardness.

tightly enjoying escape.

Out in nature,

waves swell, roaring.

8th February 2011

~ The River's Stars ~

                                                                             photo by Jac Lee

  Blackening weather

as thin winter flows.

The river's stars

Unclench fists.

Trees housed in stone.

A naked red mountain

writes dark, ruined wine.

13th January 2011

~ Who Listened? ~

Summer golden.

Loudly sky.

Blue~green days.

Laughter.

See the prophet?

Who listened?

31st March 2010

~ Fired on the Craggy Poet ~

The wild wall of sea,

salting

like the gaudy trees

of Scarlet Valley,

fired on the craggy poet...

Death of a Lover.

18th October 2009

New Moon

~ Have the Imagination ~



Have the imagination.

The forest: leaves, a waterfall,

a face in the rock.

Winter rain, and the crow

in the graveyard.

The fever of the drums;

the warrior with the sword;

the fire and water

warm by the black crossing.

Exhausted hands

of the West

of the East

leave nothing

to write about.

20th October 2009

~ Alone ~



The river.

The frozen fen.

Grey eyes smoky.

The Scot, a bitter blow

to the dirty mistress;

she charms you.

The tree in winter

casts scarlet;

muddy Scot singing.

A daughter come home,

lies in the arms of

the roots.

Her breast like the day.

Swim the night thunder

and to the sea plunder

the heart.

Leap upon paradise

and half a queen.

By the river, watch the sky ~

Alone.

18th October 2009

~ White and Silver Moon ~

White and silver moon

sleeps naked.

Sun ascends the forest.

Honey dragon crystal

spreads love to heart and life

June 2010

~ Sudden Night ~



Sudden night.

Near light.

Saw through glass,

silver shine

play out a wet dawn.

Air stirred....

breathed...

stilled again.

Fog by the stream

from the sea

comes

still red

from the white tide.

Cliff...

Name on stone.

Grey winter

fists down the green.

The moon swims air

high on the flood.

6th June 2010

~ * ~

The sea comes grabbing at my feet.

It tries to pull me in.

I laugh and say "No"!

22nd November 2002

~ Raindrop in Raindrop ~

Raindrop in raindrop

Willow branch holding blue sky

Let my eyes swim you

April 29 2010

~ Astro Dreams ~



Golden astro dreams
Dancing on walls of my mind
Cosmos flying free

April 29 2010

~ Be Kind to Yourself ~



Like yourself
Smile a lot
Hug a friend
Make herb tinctures
Talk to trees
Ride a motorbike
Dance in the moonlight
Run barefoot through fields
Kiss a loved one
Pick daisies
Write a poem
Climb a mountain
Go bare-back riding
Make a daisychain
Dance in the rain
Watch a thunderstorm
Drink herb teas
Wear funny hats
Paint your toenails
Sing with the wind
Be kind to a stranger
Watch a stormy sea
Be who you are
Laugh out loud
Sit in quiet, sit in peace
Be kind to yourself
Be your best friend

 2001

~ A Flame Cries to Summer ~

I stand on the wall.

A painted hat with cockles

displays a peeled sun.

A flame cries to summer,

and I seek green grace

where miracles fly.

12th March 2011

~ Spring Flowers ~

The chiming ice

struck water

in sight of Spring flowers

where blossoms

plucked

your name.

12th March 2011

~ Faerie Mirrors ~



Magic reflections
Faerie mirrors gleaming light,
Aurora shimmer

July 18 2007

~ Soft Rises the Sea ~

                                                                             Photo by Jac Lee

A crystal told me

the wild bedazzling life

edged the eager

snake of flames

down the moon's hollows.

The sea rose the waters of fire

and the angel led night to day

and the sun fills my eyes

and soft rises the sea.

27th October 2009

~ Dandelion Clocks ~



Dandelion clocks and daisy faces
dance their time
in the garden of secrets

22nd May, 2010

~ Mystery in Green ~



Music.

Singing.

Candles lighting bones on marble walls.

There; rich with scarlet,

their hands of backgammon

follow the mystery

in green.

20th October 2009

~ Drinking~in Yellow ~

A lament for a summer month which ended up with 9 days of sun and 22 days of rain.

I miss the sun.

I miss its warmth upon my skin.

Eyes closed;

Drinking~in yellow.

Eyes closed;

Seeing red.

Eyes closed;

smelling hot blue.

Sun. Sun. Sun.

Miss you.

17th July 2009

~ I Sing the Silken Morning ~

                                                                                  Photo by Mark Lee

I sing the silken morning

of light, of white, of golden tide.

Mountains,

deep,

green,

rusty

under the land of violet.

Lightning and thunderstorms

sheet the hills,

rich brown and orange.

And, in the distance....

Blue mists.

19th October 2009

~ Stone Friends ~

Feather treasures found in the grass.

Stone friends shine and smile.

Red kites fly.

Breeze kisses my skin.

Beautiful Thor's Day.

14th August 2009



~ Diamonds in my Hair ~

A wind of blue,

coiling around

lakes and mountainsides

bursts azure diamonds

in my hair.

5th September 2010



~ I Sing to the Rain ~



Seagulls and crows dance

on a wet, windy evening.

I sing to the rain

7th April, 2009

~ Willow the Willow ~

Willow the willow

sing out

the magic garden

in the air of fun.

Lie beneath the tree.

Gaze on the water,

the scribbling

sand

of innocence.

Take a stone

and fill a rose

in song.

Under the tree

lies a heart

that stormed

the willow the willow;

and the air sings.

7th June 2010



~ The Ice of Frozen Winter ~

Shadow and Ice

In the ice of frozen winter,

black shadows walk.
Phantoms in the shade.

31st March 2010

~ What Love ~



The poet....

Celtic,

boiling voice

rang clear.

A smile of snow

through sun.

Advancing heart,

a flower bared.

The heat shut in,

and silent words

appear

vaulting charm

and grace.

Prose praised,

heart failed.

What love....

8th June 2010

~ Hiraeth ~

Sun warm on skin.

Rogue wind. Cool. Gooses my flesh.

Eyes roam over ancient hills.

Feel small but I am huge...

So much a part of all I see.

I breath it. I feel it. I embrace it to me;

greedily holding on to what is left.

I grieve for what has been lost

- so many changes in my time.

I grieve...

I grieve...

I grieve...

hiraeth...

hiraeth...

hiraeth...

7th June, 2008

~ I Sit Quietly ~

I sit quietly...

a leaf, coloured by autumn drops from its tree.

I sit quietly...

a tortoiseshell butterfly flies by my face.

I sit quietly...

a bumblebee lands on a flower by my feet.

I sit quietly...

a Robin serenades me from a nearby branch.

I sit quietly...

a money spider comes to rest on my hand.

I sit quietly...

and see and hear a large skein of geese as they fly by.

I sit quietly...

and hear the whoosh of the sea below me.

I sit quietly.

With Nature.

5th October, 2009

~ Waters of Silver ~



Waters of silver,

a shrine to sprinkle

ancient air.

Tree, bare, naked.

Stones breath in.

Silent water

rising green and sharp

and grieving,
comes broken

in red and white.

The stone of shore,

a gentle, soft yellow.

The river,

purple, light,

springing journeys

with the day.

5th September, 2010

~ The Beat of Footsteps ~

Alone,

in deep mud,

crawl

the beat of footsteps.

Cold

in a bed,

a secret

told.

The owl drifting solemn

down the night,

as

grave thoughts

sleep.

31st March 2010

~ My Love is Scarlet ~

My love is scarlet

and ruby.

Cocky and merry;

rich in stars;

 ancient with shadows;

never sober.

Brightness sweet as air

Singing away.....

20th October 2009

~ I think I hear voices ~



The sky with light of Spring

when wind vaults the eagle's wing,

seizing shy fingers from sleep

on fighting waters.

I think I hear voices

cry on the wind.

3rd November, 2009

True Love

Lights soft and silk

peruse the mirror of honey.

Sparkling stone sighs,

and the moon

comes down on the rain.

Found

*
*
*

True Love

8th June, 2010

~ In the White of the Moon ~

In the white of the moon

a horseman lives,

naked in honey~heather.

Silver~night river

silent,

soft under the sky

Sings.

8th February, 2011