Sun is dying in the western sky
leaving glints of shimmering yellow
on ocean’s indigo waves.
I shiver
with death and beauty.
Category: love
Pet Inspiration
After getting a cat, I am surprised to find myself getting attached to him, as he is to me. Buddy, my cat, was given to my husband by his mother. She would go into the nursing home if he would take the cat. It was a deal only my mother-in-law could broach, mafia-like he “couldn’t refuse,” ha. Now that Buddy has taken over my house and favorite chair, he has also become an art inspiration. Mind control??
Love Poem
1
this book of love notes
lies next to our shopping list,
plans for meals,
to be placed on the lips
and savored.
2
circle of sun
warmth
of your embrace
perfect grace
3
Thanks for that middle-of-the-day phone call.
i hear your voice and instantly rejoice.
It is a balm in grey sky winter,
a holiday seaside calm.
4
as light fades
darkened by clouds and time
i wait
while cooking
while reading
for the click of your key
to unlock home
5
I whisper your name
in prayer
in supplication
to sooth
At night
I curl my arm around
your smooth flank
contour my body along yours
I whisper your name
a lullaby
6
curve of your body against mine
tells a complicated calculus of comfort
eclipse of day worries and heaven’s delights
gaia mouse 