
she lifted her hood
and melted my heart even
at twenty below
the temp outside has little
to do with the fire within

she lifted her hood
and melted my heart even
at twenty below
the temp outside has little
to do with the fire within

a delicious moon
floats on cotton candy clouds
in a sweet moonset
–photo by me

now I went for a walk just to see
what a photo op winter might be,
but then with the snow
and the twenty below,
well, the only thing out there was me
–photo by my son, Aaron

Harry Potter,
Just a lad
Who lived
Under the stairs,
Found out
He was a wizard
Caught in
Mugglesque
Affairs;
Perhaps it’s true
For me and you —
In all our
Muggleness,
We need someone
To tell us
Of the magic
We possess!

flittering, fluttering
lighter than dust
she’s flaunting
her marbled
mahogany wings
and even the flowers
are so envious
they stare
on their stalks
at the beauty she brings
–orig. post 3/17

stars
endless, eternal
blazing, sparkling, dazzling
phenomenon to wish upon
stellae
–photo by me

Now they say that
There’s no rhyme for silver,
And they say that
There’s no rhyme for orange,
But I’ve petted
A bleating young chilver,
And in high school
I studied a sporange.
So they say that
What is often isn’t,
And they say that
What isn’t often is,
So I guess that
What isn’t isn’t isn’t,
And what is isn’t
Is isn’t is.

a piece of sunset
escapes and attempts to hide
behind chimney smoke
–photo by me

A
Bad
Cameraman
Doesn’t
Ever
Find
Great
Happiness
In
Just
Knowing
Lenses.
Many
Novice
Optimistic
Photographers
Quit
Really
Soon,
Try
Up-lifting
Views
While
X-tending
Your
Zoom.

my cat ivy climbs
the tallest trees in my yard
again and again
not knowing the gravity
of the whole situation