Art’s Inspiration and Other Fancy Thoughts
Serenity of Service
Loving the least in all our humanity Filling our cup at the well of service Bowing our heads in all humility giving it up Surrender and peace True serenity
On Purpose
Intent and focus aligned seeking all parts engaged on purpose Heart open widely to guidance Enamored of Beloved every fiber of being living in devotion
Billboard of Memories
Mysterious layerseach with a story to tellHidden beneath more plaster or paintlike some abstract paintingrich texture and hintsSilent messages overlooking the plazawhere the busy congregateand only fleetingly noticethe wisdom of prosperous pastA billboard of...
Juicy Life
I’m ready For tomatoes! Life is juicy!
Life Blessed
Surrounded by community Lifted up and supported By their love and actions He grew up sure of himself With a heightened sense Of his integral part of it all And a solid knowing That he had been gifted With a life blessed with purpose His heart sang natural gratitude To...
Roots Planted
Tenacious as bamboo Resilient and strong He grew where he was planted In the center of his soul On the banks of Life’s flow Inspiration blossoms there Like weeds of truth Beautiful and ungroomed Awaiting his arrangement --------------------------------------- Roots of...
Moon Dance
Peach orb softly smiling Drops the skirt of pine and oak Glides in slow dance Into star-studded velvet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sometimes the moon Teases my thoughts Awakens memories Of the vastness of Life...
Birth of an Idea
On the cusp of new understanding In the heart of epiphany I felt the pinch of sidelong glances Judgment’s governess askance Like the pressure of birth Squeezing my lungs alive Revelation’s glory comes Screaming life in to the room And grace portends Another gift unto...
Spokes
Like spokes on a wheel We are each integral To the circle of Life Spinning toward our destiny Each adding strength Doing our individual part To keep the wheel round I used to be bent The support of those around me And the force of the spin Have straightened me...
Ride On, Rich!
Cycling across the country the breezes brush my face My feet and the pedals are one man and machine melding with countryside Diligence and dedication strengthen up the hill Freedom and exhilaration melt resolves’ tension gliding down the other side Ah! … I could go...
Seeking
Seeking destiny with spoon and fork Earnest heart nestled in a nest of intertwined arguments Feet planted firmly In a pond of quicksand Promises and hopes following a pinpoint star Brilliant epiphany…
Buzzards Gift
In the middle of the street cars whizzing by yet none rolling over a single feather attempting to take off over and over again with fickle breezes Buzzards forfeit grounded like road kill waving at me as I walked by