The Light Settling in the Woods
Old growth trees line a worn path cut from loggers decades before. The floor is covered with...
Poem – Beyond the Clouds There is Hope
After the smoke clears and unnatural sounds dissipate the valley, mountains, and river return. The mountain shadow continues...
Poem – What Matters Most in the Violent Waves
Thinking back on the past I see the signs and guides more clearly and with more openness than...
Looking for Peace
An early morning walk through a November-drenched park with Leroy, Alaskan coffee, and music. As the wind blew...
Poem Snippets
#1 I looked to the sunset. I saw your face in the orange tinged clouds and now I...
Peace – Robin Williams
What demons did you finally succumb to? Did you give so much to the world, to people, that...
Where we are going, what have we done
I tend to be a private person when it comes to political, economic, and social issues, but the...
Poem – To No One
I sat down to write what’s consuming my mind day in and day out. I thought on the...
Poem – Into the Mountains
Downtown Denver. Light seeps through spaces between tall buildings. Life on the streets waken – traffic, voices, birds....
Poem – Morning Light
There is the perfect moment – birds sing, the wind circles the body, dogs lay and sniff the...
The Search, Revisited
The goal is not to chase and find enlightenment – it is already within. The goal and path...
Winter’s Message
Within the depth of winter, there is a message. As 2013 comes to a close, we look back...
Poem – The Cathedral
A common path along the shore of an unnamed lake guides you over entrenched roots and persistent brush,...
Finding Home
Is home truly where the heart is, or where the heart feels at home? The sun rises behind...
Poem – For HZ
My spiritual brother, Hanakia Zedek, is having surgery today. I wrote this poem to aid in his recovery....