Le Monde

[Norma photo]

I spent my afternoon
With grandchildren.
Our faces in soft sunlight
Touch the moment --
A single large moment,
A lot larger than
Religion, nations, and
All lesser interpretations
Of love and history.
We pursue more
Agreeable mystery,
Touch a single moment,
That is the world
And accept no substitutes.

Psychokinèse

Un côté et l'autre
Peut apprendre à bouleverser
Bouteilles à l'unisson.
Seul l'homme au
Au centre peut effectuer
Il par la puissance de l'esprit.

Petrichor

[Norma photo]

After rain, in
The exhalation
Of flowers, there
Is, in those
Hours under dawn,
A smell, an
Enfleurage of
Oils from
New weeds and
Seedlings in
Soil, a word--
Not only a human
Word, larger,
Quieter to contain
A voyage of
The soul, turned
In dark and
Light, made whole.

Late Winter

[Norma photo]


What withdraws and
Rises new on old
Stock conserves,
Keeps all life informed.
Laws alloyed in
Living rock as
A planet warmed
Drew in crags and
Curves each involuted
Fall, division,
Everything upon
An improbable
Idea, spring.

Entrance, Two Definitions

[Norma photo]

Friendly under rains,
Wet garden won't
Get on you like a
Wet dog will
But it wants
To, and what
It wants to do obtains.

Vine And Ladder

Norma garden photo]

In noise, eternity
Unnoticed slips into
Harmony, friendship,
You --you know that.
We get through, begin
Over and over
Again, survive,
Discover, thrive.
I know that.
We're alive, just
That, not saints.
One of us needs paint.

Season's Greeting

O Mannequin, o Mannequin,
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren:
Die Hoffnung und Beständigkeit
Gibt Mut und Kraft zu jeder Zeit!
O Mannequin , o Mannequin ,
Dein Kleid will mich was lehren!