Saturday, March 26, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
San Francisco de Asis
InTaos It is the BACK off the church that is most famous from images by Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams But the parking lot was full of cars and we couldn't get the shot :(
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Linger
the moon tumbles
into the refuse bin of morning
all dreams both large and small
contain a splinter
of truth, a chink of reality
which is why the comb
seems to pull
certain strands of light
from my hair as I blink
before the mirror
I spent the night flying--
a kite dragged across the sky
by an unseen string
dipping and curving, occasionally
crashing back into my bed
in a dazed heap
of glowing sheets, luminous
pillows
unconfined by four walls
that broke open
to the night’s voices
I pick up my toothbrush
half-expecting
to be pulled up through the ceiling
Facts about Daisies
Facts about Daisies
In Scotland
a man there could be taxed if he had
too many growing in his fields
They grow wild
and can cover whole meadows,
are often considered weeds
How many are too many daisies?
They are called the eyes of day
and indeed grow best in sunlight,
a perennial returning year after year
Blooming in the summer months,
over 200 types of them:
Africans, Shastas, Brown-eyed Susans and more
Some people eat their leaves in a salad
or brew herbal tea that is said to be medicinal
Many animals eat daisies
though not pigs
Children make daisy chains, girls pluck their petals
“He loves me , he loves me not” as if daisies knew
Legend says their numbers could predict
how long it would be till a maiden wed
After 39 years its seed might still grow
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