POETRY
Science describes
accurately from outside,
poetry describes
accurately from inside.
Science explicates,
poetry implicates.
Both celebrate
what they describe.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
I'm an aspiring poet. Here are a few of my recent creations.
Perennial
I am wild beauty
supple and rigid
gorgeous and grotesque
resilient and wounded
sublime and ordinary
armored and vulnerable
withering and thriving
limited and limitless
dying and transforming
I am perennial
Sweet holding
I run into the rain,
feeling it sting my face,
again and again
winds gusting,
I leap over tangles
of fallen branches
I summon the strength
to keep going,
this push is familiar
as I climb, higher and higher,
the raindrops soften,
caressing my cheeks
the universe's tears
meet mine, and
I feel held by the forest
only in my slowing
can I feel the sweet holding
of the storm
haikus etc
morning light caresses
brightening leaves, slowly
kissing them present
as darkness descends
audacious colors soften
an invitation?
fluid memories
sloshing around in my heart
longing to escape
resisting what is
through constant origami
trust the unfolding
fully inhaling
ways you return me to me
steeped in blessing tea
thank you redtail hawk
for the reminder that I
do not fly alone
delicate blossoms
their strength is their tenderness
peaceful warriors
letting it all in
everything is magnified
wounds and blooms alike
rapids fill our hearts
with humility and awe
soul-nourishing flow