Greening Oaks

HIEROGAMY

The stark blue expanse

Rests upon the supple field

Sky married to Earth 

TWO HAIKUS FOR TABLE MOUNTAIN

Eleusis on earth

Where holy headwaters flow

Now just tourist dream 

Well of the ancients

Falling like a thousand stars

And aching for home

OUR OAKS

Raucous woodpecker

Weaves the crown of greening oak

Love is everywhere 

Skin scarred by love

Gives acorns generously

And mortal, she falls 

EGRET

Your snowy body

Like a bandage on a wound

Mercy on spring creek

TURTLE ISLAND

Dark shell on still pond

Stretching toward the warm light

Of Father's soft gaze