17 April 2010

happy birthday: for maria

happy birthday



another year closes on the world
like an hour, like a second and
something momentous WILL occur
with the stroke of the hour hand
like reaching the pinnacle of
a sand dune in the sahara
or….



For maria andersson on her 28th birthday
8.14.08

12 April 2010

gardening


gardening


down on one knee i
pull up handfuls of
wet grass.   i push
it and squeeze it be
-tween my fingers
in the hope that a
surprise will emerge

perhaps a secret from
a colorful cosmos now
buried deep beneath
my feet pleading to be
set free to find the sun-
shine and the spring

down on one knee i
am telling myself that
it’s a rather slippery
slope this searching
sort of thing but i dig
on through the winter
scars toward a fragile
newness.


JANEisnotplain  4.10.10