Sunday, November 27, 2016

LORINE'S WATER 


What the river
held, it holds.

What we love,
it lifts.


Thursday, November 24, 2016

MORNING 


And now the fog is gone,
like the haze of sleep

dissipated. The birds
come in to feed. I take

my morning coffee and
the cup warms my hands.

Joy and sun touch everything.




Sunday, November 20, 2016

Las Cruces 


from
NOTEBOOK: NEW MEXICO
January, 2016

Las Cruces

Pushed against
the mountains.

Cupped in light.
Lost morning.

The land asks
to be loved.

Hawk obliges.




Thursday, November 17, 2016

Las Cruces 


from
NOTEBOOK: NEW MEXICO
January, 2016

Las Cruces

Cows and orchards
and dust. Good-bye.

Good-bye, Las Cruces.




Sunday, November 13, 2016

Highway I-25, Mile Marker 8 

from
NOTEBOOK: NEW MEXICO
January, 2016

Highway I-25, Mile Marker 8

Sky brings down
the mountains,

the weight of dust
behind us.




Friday, November 11, 2016

Highways 60/84, Mile Marker 343 


from
NOTEBOOK: NEW MEXICO
January, 2016

Highways 60/84, Mile Marker 343

The darkness
that goes with me

goes darker.




Sunday, November 06, 2016

Highway 20, Mile Marker 42 


from
NOTEBOOK: NEW MEXICO
January, 2016

Highway 20, Mile Marker 42

American kestrel
on a fencepost.

All the short grass
a hawk can watch.

All the work
a man can do.




Friday, November 04, 2016

Highway 20, Mile Marker 32 


from
NOTEBOOK: NEW MEXICO
January, 2016

Highway 20, Mile Marker 32

Such fences as catch
the drift --
tumbleweeds and cattle.




Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Highway 20, Mile Marker 22 


from
NOTEBOOK: NEW MEXICO
January, 2016

Highway 20, Mile Marker 22

Shine of water
in a creek bed

without a name.




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