Tag Archives: writing outside

The Light before Sunset from the iPhone and the Poet

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Winding Stream Press
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At Peace in Cypress Tree Sanctuary

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Winding Stream Press

Surrounded by cypress, the old dog lay. Surrounded by cypress the old dog gazed at the circles of branches in the sky. Surrounded by cypress the old dog knew it as his last time in the ancient circle of trees. … Continue reading →

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Alien Light

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Winding Stream Press

  Photograph Shot with an iPhone 6s on noir Grey slides down the sky covers the whole I can see and colors the world in damp. Stark black relieves the grey and bare tree shapes shrouded by fog create aliens in the … Continue reading →

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Notes from the Hill-Continued

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Winding Stream Press

Another poem from my early coastal journal.  From the beginning, this hill, the rock and the tree became my place to sit and drink in peace. Benediction The benediction of twilight, golden grass whispers   dying red sun, a last … Continue reading →

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Notes from the Hill

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Winding Stream Press

I have a place on the coast in Northern California.  It refreshes, replenishes my creative spirit.  Notes from the Hill consists of images from my journals over the years.  When I journal there, my words often compose images which in … Continue reading →

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Photographic Poem to Sunset

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Winding Stream Press

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So begins the ending of the first day of the year. The sun continues its long slide into the sea. At the point, we wait for dark. The setting sun spreads its fiery fantasy on the end of day. A … Continue reading →

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Coastal Morning

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Winding Stream Press

  High on a meadow at the edge of the western world, the animals come to taste of the feast only rain on grass can bring.   Living there, you must tell yourself to look for the quiet ones that … Continue reading →

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Fluctuations of Light

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

A longboat spills Out of the golden trail Across the sea   A sailboat tacks across The same path Trailing laughter   The sun shouts In sunset gold And spills its   Final fire into the sky Sets the sea … Continue reading →

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The Picture as Poem

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

I have a love affair with the northern Californian coast. I’ve taken many pictures over the years.  But recently I grew tired of simply photographing and tweaking them into gift cards to sell to visitors. Visiting galleries, studying, admiring, I … Continue reading →

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Episode V-Ants on the Blacktop Weeds on the Hill

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Winding Stream Press

A poet can usually point to a defining moment when a poem leads the way into a new understanding of what poetry can be.  For me that discovery came in high school when I decided to do a paper on … Continue reading →

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