The Evergreen Everything in life Is a parable A story A sign Pointing toward a greater reality A greater truth That exists all around us All within us But this truth cannot be explained with words So a picture book must do All around, me All around, you If we simply listen for the sights…
Author: songsfromtheriver
I'm a poet, a photographer, a physician, and a patriarch who loves the great outdoors and all of the beauty it shows us. I live in a great valley between the mountains of Northern California, and I love it.
Tsunami
Tsunami The wonder of nature is meant to be overwhelming Its magnanimity designed to overtake To break us apart Scattering our parts over the plains – From the delicacies of why To the awe of the dragon fly Always reminding us Wonder is our eternal and unaging companion – 4/23/21 kdc
Setting Sun
Setting Sun I was on my evening walk I stopped right in my tracks Two geese ahead were making it clear They did not want me to bring any more fear Into the night of the setting sun The rising moon Their time for flight was much too soon They would rather sit here in…
Life, Work
Life, Work Sometimes it is just not romantic Writing life-filled poetry We all want life to be good and whole And it is Yet life seems to live on a backdrop of death We cannot see in total darkness We cannot see in total light We have to have a both and an and We…
Live Oak
Valley Oak I used to dislike you Your disfigured form Your gnarled hands Your thorned leaves I thought you belonged in a horror film The perfect backdrop for darkness and grim – I’ve spent a decade with you – Now I see You are amongst the strongest of trees You stand amongst the wildfires The…
Presence
Presence There are so many things going on in this present moment Then those things disappear but the present moment does not The present moment is our taste of the eternal Every leaf that quakes in the wind Every bird that flaps its wings and flies Every ray of light It rests in the here…
Transplant
No photo today. Shocker! I’m going to let you use your imagination instead 🙂 Transplant I see the transplant branch Withering, sad and dry I don’t know where, I don’t know why When I followed all the given directions – I went to class, I listened well But still my lovely branch was felled By…
Crossroads
Crossroads Maybe it’s time to say goodbye to guilt To shame To self-criticism and hate I hear the screams of the rigid “you’re taking away the right from the wrong” Exactly I’m tired of playing this dualistic song I’m tired of the same old lyrics The same old endings The same old routines I’ve listened…
Revoke
Revoke Today is a day of mourning A day of celebration Today my childhood died From youth, a liberation From fantasy, fallacy To life, reality From hopeful nonsense To quiet trust I think I may I think I must Keep leaning into this moment This moment right here with me No past or future liberty…
