Poetry and Beauty

I was sick and unable to be there to say goodbye. He was just a body breathing with a machine. His soul had gone. I can't believe that my young and vibrant friend lost his health and life to a cancer so vicious that he couldn't talk or move for months. Death may be common and inevitable but it is an... Sign in to see full entry.

All I can see out my window is trees. There are layers of branches, a glimpse of sky and of lawn. The clouds cover the hot sun today. It's just another day for most of us, but for Keith it may be the last day. A stranger to the outdoors, he is imprisoned on a hospital bed, fighting for his last... Sign in to see full entry.

I dreamt last night about you. We kissed and make love for hours. The limits of time and energy were gone. Half of romance is fantasy. Reality is something different. Yet when we kiss with passion, Sleep together nude And love each other, Reality and fantasy become one. Sign in to see full entry.

The wild places are full of beauty, Yet if I let my yard grow wild it is ugly. Why is that? Sign in to see full entry.

I had a visit with my old friends today, I've been too busy to spend any time with them for a while. Meanwhile they've gotten dusty and misplaced. They've been in boxes in the attic. The Road Less Traveled was my best friend when all my other friends left college and got jobs out of town. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Beauty isn't bland perfection But interesting flaws. Rocks crumble into texture. Wood weathers into patina. Denim wears into faded blue. Sign in to see full entry.

When Halebopp Comet came close enough to see We drove out of the city and stopped off the freeway in a very dark place We looked up at the sky. The comet impressed us, but we were more startled by stars. Sign in to see full entry.

Cancer robbed him of his speech and his movement. He can only see, hear and feel. Yet such love shines through his eyes, that he transforms pity into admiration. Sign in to see full entry.

There was a major accident on I-5. The driver was distracted by a double rainbow. I had a friend, who when she wore a mini skirt, would stop traffic. I am distracted this summer, by pretty flowers. I spent my vacation noticing things. Now I am no longer blind to beautiful flowers. I just have to be... Sign in to see full entry.

I have been noticing flowers lately. I drive down the street and have to watch where I'm going, because I see a pretty flower whose name I don't yet know. I'm speaking to a friend about her husband who is dying And I'm distracted by the flowers in the planter on the porch of the nursing home. Why do... Sign in to see full entry.