Speeding down the highway
A distant mountain looms
neither of us moves
(Inhale)
Ego, a moth
Silence a bright flame
Burning to a crisp
(Exhale)
Great wind of the truck
Blossoms along the road
Lindy-hoppers in full swing
(Inhale)
Spent the day napping
And playing Go
Nobody thought me lazy
(Exhale)
From now on
I will not work for profit
or without profit
(Inhale)
Don’t worry spiders
we keep house
...casually
(Exhale)
These songbirds
They just don’t seem
American enough
(Inhale)
Bright Autumn moon
Am I the only one
who laughs this much?
(Exhale)
The snow is melting
and Yosemite Village is flooded
with tourists
(Inhale)
Deeply devoted, suddenly gone
I have the love life
Of a stray cat
(Exhale)
Tea and jazz
A modern Daoist
A rolling monastery
(Inhale)
Mosquito sings in my ear
Does she think
I’m deaf?
(Exhale)
Moving slowly in wet grass
The Snail & I
Drawing circles
(Inhale)
The wind humming through the trailer
Some can sing
and some can’t
(Exhale)
Cattle trucks passing
Americans kill brown cows
And brown people
(Inhale)
Snuggling with Marina
My mind wanders
I miss Marina
(Exhale)
Acupuncture is
A needle
and a haystack
(Inhale)
Sailing in our truck
A cricket on a branch in the river
Singing
(Exhale)
I left behind education
A degree folded into an airplane
So what?
(Inhale)
I may go blind
From my addiction
Gazing at the Moon
(Exhale)
Look, its Spring
Time for a new coat of paint
On our president
(Inhale)
Deep in the woods
Even the river chuckles with joy
What is happiness?
(Exhale)
Ear against soft bark
The sequoia sighs and dreams
Of giants
(Inhale)
Slowing the pace of mind
A tree doesn’t notice the snow
Just a transient friend
(Exhale)
Do not seek your own
Instead, find what others have lost
And return it
(Inhale)
Taiji play at sunrise
Long shadows attend my movements
Master and disciple
(Exhale)
In a tickle-fight
Surrender is usually better
Than pride
(Inhale)
Fog blankets the road
When the sky isn’t there
Where is my family?
(Exhale)
Past lies linger
Like high school GPA
Meaningless, but persistent
(Inhale)
Great gifts of my parents
Even more special than “life”:
No TV & the Hardy Boys
(Exhale)
Truck stop vegan
No, yes, chicken is meat,
...and so are you
(Inhale)
Coyote in the shadow
of a Walmart
“Yip Yip Howl” to you too
(Exhale)
American health care
Pay or die
Thank you, come again!
(Inhale)
Uncle gives me a hat
“The South Will Rise Again”
Doesn’t know his own past
(Exhale)
Waking up before the dawn
Shaking off the dew of dreams
Childhood memories just as misty
(Inhale)
Imported tea
Imported species
Native sky
(Exhale)
Big Dipper overhead
Purple qi pours down
People think I’m crazy
(Inhale)
Pale students in Tucson
Always cold indoors
Escaping the blazing sun
(Exhale)
Love is boundless
But it’s tough to by polyamorous
In christian America
(Inhale)
I don’t experience time
Life doesn’t march straight
So why should I?
(Exhale)
Annie Sunshine
Disappeared beneath the horizon
will she remember to return?
(Inhale)
My mother the artist
Spirit burning like a bonfire
Consuming from the inside out
(Exhale)
A warrior-poet
The greatest tragedy in my father’s life
That there are no wars to wage
(Inhale)
Sister with the heart of a soldier
Brilliant marcher, brave defender,
And just as superstitious
(Exhale)
My magic monkey
Beautiful, deep, & self-obsessed
Lian is lit from within
(Inhale)
Patient. Gentle. Kind.
Marina's laugh defies gravity!
Goofy. Sleepy. Ox.
(Exhale)
Tai is a powerhouse
Spirit both electric & tragic
A whirlwind stirs the dust of life
(Inhale)
Poetry is fun
Word-games
To avoid real work
(...Exhale...)
