Tag Archives: Bird’s Eye Gilia

OLD MEN WHITTLING

Posted on April 15, 2015 by John | 5 comments

I had forgotten small minds
of old men whining,
the Sisyphus among us

whittling clever epithets,
quivers-full of poisoned-tipped
displeasures flung

at the centers of open hearts
in full bloom
I had not yet seen.

for Curtis

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Posted in Poems 2015

Tagged Bird's Eye Gilia, life

Wind Gust—Macro-Monday, Weekly-Photo-Challenge: “Blur”

Posted on April 6, 2015 by John | 7 comments

Easter on Dry Creek is normally green and verdant with skiffs of popcorn flowers and patches of poppies on the hillsides. A month ago, I hoped for a long spring and time to photograph this year’s wildflowers with an eye for their expression as life forms, the evolved complexities of each species’ pollination structure, background lines and colors, etc., etc., but Robbin and I have spent the last three days preparing and planting our summer garden instead. C’est la vie!

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