Who would vote for this man?

It's written all over his face!

In media res. . .

 

In media res

Always, our arrival
Just as the downstairs maid
pours the boiled water
over the tea leaves
in cup bottom

The sky explorer
crosses the international
dateline

Mare nickers
to foal

Damselfly leaves
her leaf
launches into oxygen

Dung beetle approaches
prize

And us. Here.
Now.
Begging for attention.

jjl
6 Octobre 2012

 

There Is No Beginning No End

There Is No Beginning No End

 

 

light turns a corner

no longer in sight

silence call dropped

into the night

ashes shared with ocean

with mountain

voice on the other end

mid sentence

finished as all conversations are

by the hearer

continued as all lives are

by the still living

 

Phil Specht

October 5, 2012

Aspens

Air interrupted
Startle of light
Leafing sculpture
Not marble
Not bronze
Breathing leaves
Array of gold
Yellow, green,
Scarlet, dangling
Each leaf a hand
As real as sun
Clouds, rain
Waving, blessing
Speaking in whispers
Rhythm of breezes
Falling in clusters
Embroidering the road
Winter harbinger
Season’s refrain
Beauty indelible.

Pat Maslowski
October 2, 2012

First snow in Minnesota.