bird in the cage
so intently singing
its sad, caged song
never noticing
the door long ago opened
Posts Tagged ‘change’
One Wanting the World to be Different
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bird, cage, change, entrapment, poem, poetry on December 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »
One Potential
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, doorway, meeting the moment, poem, poetry, potential on November 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »
in every moment
a doorway, but sometimes
the door so small
not even my toe
will fit through
One Marriage
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged canyon, change, love, poem, poetry, river on November 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
ever conversing
the canyon and river—
one carves,
one contains,
one sings,
one resonates,
summer, winter,
sun, rain,
both endure
both change
Isostasy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, Danny Rosen, geology, isostasy, poem, poetry on October 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Danny says the continent is rising,
it rises as the glaciers melt, it’s rising
for the last ten thousand years.
How slowly things change, invisibly
until the time we cannot recognize
the world we thought we knew.
How slowly things change, beyond
our ability to measure, but they do, love,
the crust now floating above the mantle.
Finding Her Spine
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged book, change, poem, poetry on October 2, 2018| 8 Comments »
not just turning the pages
of her life to the next chapter,
but choosing to leap
out of the pages
into a new book
Pep Talk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, poem, poetry, self talk, toaster, transformation on May 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »
It’s not like the toaster
keeps secrets. Everyone
knows that all it does
is add heat for a short
duration. But that’s
all it takes to turn
something stale
into something
somehow sweeter
and warmer and
oddly much
more itself.
Heat. For a bit. That’s all.
And even knowing
this, I let the stale
parts of me stay
stale. I know from experience
that that the heat
will come whether
I choose it or not.
Though sometimes it
will burn down the house
just to toast one slice.
Better to take things
into my own hands.
Sometimes, I take
my own advice.
One Note from the Wind
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, poem, poetry, wind on December 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Think Small
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, poem, poetry, saffron on December 4, 2017| 1 Comment »
Even the smallest strand of saffron
goldens the rice and lends
its good and earthy bitterness
to each of the ten thousand
grains in the pot.
My friend says she wants
to make a bigger difference,
doubts the effect she has.
There are many ways, I think,
to reach many.
One is to do as the saffron crocus does—
put everything you have
into just a few threads,
then trust they’re potent enough
to change everything.
Time for a Change
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, poem, poetry on November 14, 2017| 3 Comments »
with thanks to Alan Cohen
rearranging the furniture,
that works for a while—
what the heart really wants
is to take out
the walls
Unfinished
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, dave aschwanden, poem, poetry, transformation, wine on July 7, 2017| 2 Comments »
Dave slips the wine thief
into the barrel and siphons
the young red wine. Into my glass,
he spills it and asks what I taste.
Pineapple. Pepper. Currant.
In another, there is cinnamon.
In another, sunshine and almond.
The thief dips again and again
into cab franc and merlot, syrah,
and grapes I’ve never heard of before.
They are all changing,
Dave explains. Come back again
in a month, he says, and they
will all be different. I think
of what a difference a month makes,
how the heart, like wine,
stays essentially the same,
only it’s ever transformed—
the notes it carries, innuendo,
the balance. At last, we reach
the barrel of white, Gewertzraminer.
In my glass sings pear and grapefruit and
summer still shy. Though it, too, is unfinished,
I could drink it all night.
All around us, inside us,
so much is changing. I tell myself
not to fear. There can be pleasure
in this art of change,
exotic and sweet,
a hint of rose petal, spice.
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