I wish I had the words to describ… the quiet of a sunrise, the softness of rain on my arms, the fascination of a child with he… the liquid silver of morning dew o…

He has tiny fingers, tiny toes, tiny ears, and a tiny nose.

She asked me, “Poppa, What is love?” And I thought and then said “Love is what you need and want it… She thought some and said,

It snowed again today, That may be insignificant In a place already white. It was quiet again today, That is never insignificant

Walking alone on streets I was fa… felt that I was lost. If it weren… A-spin, I looked for my map And saw that I was lost.

Change is a-coming, And it’s a-stayin’ Change is a-coming, Goodbye.

I’ve seen this pattern before, I… the story might end differently, b… The smell of burning leaves is in… fragrance that rivals the finest r… damp-leaf perfume cleanses the min…

Winds swirl around me In their familiar way, A touch here, another there, They move me along. I’m like a leaf:

The blue of the sky Meets the green of the sea In the white of thousands of years… Frozen in a two-sided mirror of ti… You look back to see the past reve…

Rain has been falling for two days now, The dry soil finally quenched after the long, hot dry. Ditches, ponds and guts

Dirty hands clasped in prayer, Dusty fingers raised to the sky, Pleading for the same blessing. It had been weeks since the last r… leaves folded upright keeping thei…

I walked on the same path With Pablo and Gabriella Last night. It is possible, too, That I heard their music,

The sunrise sun backlit the now br… it passed through them to light a… of fog strewn across the road. I shuffled through those pages ear… would have done so without me.

Sun on the water, The surface looks like An old woman’s skin, Delicately wrinkled by time: The time it took for