Friday, March 18, 2022

there is nothing like a choir

there is nothing like a choir 
a kind of confluence of rivers 
    of blueish thought 
    reddish feeling 
    greenish beauty  
    yellowish freedom and 
    purplish imperfection 
flowing together as love
lasting a moment and forever 
in the universe of this space and time 

a kind of lifting 
    of the heaviness 
    to the heavens 
that can’t happen with one 
or even five 
or with a cast of superheroes 

a kind of graduation dance 
    fills a room with light 
    from the twirls 
of accomplishment 
and possibility 

a kind of window 
into the heart of God

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

no fly zone

Putin’s missile found a maternity hospital 
on a terrible day 
in a terrible war 

and we watch from here 
three dead and 17 wounded 

this senseless war on decency goes on 

wind drifting dreaded snow 
across flat prairie
invades our shallow peace 

and Zelensky asks and asks and asks 
for a no fly zone 
to protect the babies

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Putin's war

flakes feather down 
white on white 
at end February 

a mountain of peace 
created on the lawn 

and my thoughts scroll to the Dnieper 
half a world away where 
my tree families 
down 
into fertile earth 

and now endures 
incendiary attacks 

missiles pointing down 
flames on flame 
at end February 

a chaos of war 
cascading contentious
country