Robins Robins Everywhere

I so wish I had a photo

so you could see what

I saw

yesterday

in the meadow:

dozens of robins

landed there

in the brown

stubble of

winter.

Every which way

they crisscrossed

the field

coming close to

the house.

I would not

say they

were bobbing.

But rather, they perched,

magnificently,

their rust-colored

breasts

tbrust boldly

forward.

Never in my entire

life have I seen

so many robins

promising so

much

spring.

And maybe never

again

will I see it

which is why

I so wanted

a photo

which is

why

I lay

down

these words

here

to save

the moment.

Poetry on an Icy Bridge

The award-winning literary blog, Two Drops of Ink, has published my poem, "Poetry on an Icy Bridge."

Wonder

The first thing I saw this morning

as I parted the curtains was a

herd of eight deer,

spread across

the brown winter meadow. The dog

miraculously didn’t bark so I

watched as they grazed.

A few minutes later, a pair of

cardinals landed at the feeder.

It’s been many days since we’ve seen

birds so this appearance felt like

another small miracle.

And one other: as I sat in meditation

just now,

the clouds shifted

and suddenly

I could see

the soft baby

blue color

of the sky.

The forecast didn’t predict

sun. I wonder

why not.

Lately,

I’ve begun to try

to live in a constant

state of wonder

documenting the little

miracles, one by one.

Surrender to Blue

At first there is a curved rim of grey,

And no matter how much light I see inside the ring,

there is  

that edge that stays

and I wonder

to myself

how I will ever get rid of this stubborn shadow?

I continue breathing and breathing, just focusing on love on love, 

on blue on blue,

and in some moment it occurs to me 

that I can let the dark ring sit there, and just BE, I can stare at it, and

stare at it and stare and smile, and

smile,

it’s right there, I swear I can still see it

even as I focus on love on love on love on love 

on golden light

I watch and feel that light that heat crawl wider and wider around my heart see it holding more and more

LOVE. Let it flow boldly now,

if you let it, love swells and swells and swells inside and all around. 

My chest glows in every direction my body grows lighter and lighter

and warmer and warmer until I feel it in my shoulders and hips

Lips knees elbows eyes teeth toes and belly.

One more morning, the ring disappears. I make the transformation to blue

by surrendering.