Lovers of Sun and Stars

Bodega Head

—Photo by Cynthia Linville, Sacramento

FACEBOOK ANSWERS THE $64,000 QUESTION
—Cynthia Linville

Which superhero, celebrity, rock star, Disney princess are you?

 
Which Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Partridge Family character?
Which 80s song?

Which dipping sauce?

What's your true age?
How smart are you?

 
How much of a bitch?

How strong is your relationship?

 
Who will you marry?
What does your name say about you?

What is your power animal?
Your true profession?
Your real personality?

Who were you in a past life?
What kind of wings do you have?

 
What color is your soul?

 

If you weren't you, who would you be?

 Before

—Photo by Robert Lee Haycock, Antioch

ON THE WIND
—Robert Lee Haycock

The juniper spins
A mandala of shadow
Listen, the birds pray

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DAWN ON THE SAN JOAQUIN
—Robert Lee Haycock

Freighted with last night's dark
Meandering upriver
Morning swims downstream

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YET
—Robert Lee Haycock

The belling of the bull elk
The blazing of the buckwheat
I do not have an answer

Morning

—Photo by Robert Lee Haycock

TO PHOTOGRAPH A MORNING GLORY (Hawaii)
—Claire J. Baker, Pinole, CA

Waiting for wind to realize and be still
    Waiting for wind

Waiting for dew drops to lure the sun
    Waiting for dew

Waiting for petals to unify with air
    Waiting for petals

Waiting for shadows to shift slightly
    Waiting for shadows

Waiting for the stem to bend a bit
    Waiting for the stem

    Tension ease into core
    choreography of composure

            until

    a golden pulse clicks.

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CARAVAN
—Claire J. Baker

Stay with the caravan, yet be
yourself; notice what others do,
what wise ways they take,
yet follow your own path.

Whether you ride, walk, fly,
limp, run or stumble
you are your significant other,
a lover of sun and stars,

interpreter of human nature,
celebrant of carousels—
drawn to oceans, dune grass,
waterglow, children, art.

When alone may you serve as
your own fine companion,
aware, amazed,
ecstatic to be alive.
 

 Linear

—Photo by Robert Lee Haycock
 

Today's LittleNip:

HOME REMEDY FOR
AN UNFORTUNATE RELATIONSHIP
—Kevin Jones, Elk Grove

Choose carefully
A small stone.
Hold under the tongue
Until dissolved.
You are cured.

(first pub. in The Home Remedy Poems,
Lamoine Valley Press, 1975)

______________________
 
—Medusa

Bodega Head

—Photo by Cynthia Linville