The oracle stands tall and straight
White robes glowing like a dove in the morning sun.
Her dark eyes seem to say:
"Be careful what you ask; a foolish question
Will get a foolish answer."

But they ask them anyway, the mighty
And the rich:
"Will I win the war?"
"Will I have a child?"
"Will my business have success?"

And the oracle answers their foolish questions
Honestly, but cryptically.
And the fools leave satisfied,
Interpreting the oracle as they wish, believing
What they want to believe, which is usually
Not the truth.

previously published on my spiritual blog.

        

I  need to know what your doing today,
So text me.

I need to know what rumors you've heard,
So text me.

I need to know what Kim said to Joe
And what Joe said to Kim,
So text me.

I need to know what Rick said to Joan
That made Joan moan,
So text me!

I need to keep in touch,
I need to know so much,
So just because you're standing next to me
Doesn't mean you can't be texting me.
So text me!

        

a spring walk
past a village of dandelions
in the schoolyard

        

Tiny blue flowers
dwarfed by a single
dandelion

        

Arriving,
Crying;
Growing,
Learning;
Giving,
Taking;
Yearning,
Birthing,
Parenting;
Making,
Breaking;
Aging,
Forgetting;
Aching,
Shaking,
Dying --
Waking.

 

        

Cherry blossom petals
fall into the Potomac --
boats for ants

        

A tornado ate six children
Before it's hunger was abated.
A blizzard killed another six
Before it too was sated.
Six more dead,
Stoned and bled,
As a sexual minority,
By those who shed
Their skins in bed
And claim superiority.

Earthquakes, volcanoes and hurricanes
Claim a thousand more,
Drinking blood of innocents
These vampiritic whores.

Who sends these demons like a plague
To bring us grief and strife?
Just look at the reflection
In your shiny pocket knife.

        

distracted drivers --
a turkey buzzard
walking by the road

        

WHITE A blizzard of Egrets descending on a lake, A field of Easter Lilies around a wedding cake, The risen form of Jesus, standing straight and tall, The Light from God in Heaven, available to all.

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We can use metaphor and simile
To make interesting lines
But a poem is more than that.
If I can grab your head in one hand
And your heart in the other
And squeeze until you plead for mercy
Then I have a poem.