august moon 18

and if sometimes
you are deeper
and darker
around the edges
as your small sweet life grows older
that precious
immovable
unchanging heart
blooms bright
and eternally
full of light

august moon 17

the yellow of watering cans
and sou westers
and beach chairs
and a dressing gown
and of sun
and fun
and egg yolks
and madness

august moon 16

the raj quartet

and the mysteriously pleasurable sensation
of a shuttered room
and a fan

for Paul Scott with thanks

august moon 15

here
where the air loves the green
and the sea kisses the earth
this precious gift rests

august moon 13

flushed and luscious flesh
cool sweetness drenching quenching
watermelon days

august moon 11

what seems real is all illusion, a trick of the light and the dark...

august moon 10

dream catcher

august moon 9

Kitten Incursion.

Looking up, I see the cat stalking the hallway, his tail fat and low with disapproval , his grumpy old man ears snapping with disgust.  

august moon 8

Yellow oily sky
Slick with heat
Pressing down like iron
Upon a cowering silent sea
The breathless moment suspended

Before the tearing and the ripping
The beating and the breaking
The jagged light
The bellowing wind
And the ominous taste of metal in the air

august moon 5

the kiss of cool tiles

august moon 4

momoware

caressing the soft downy skin
inhaling the mouthwatering perfume
the erotic promise of teeth nipping sweet flesh
and warm juices
that clothe the tongue
and close the eyes
and steal the breath

august moon 3

the mother is texting
the father is texting
the child plays silently in the sand

august moon 2

Under the fecund green canopy bearing ripening fruit,
the sudden dry whisper of a withered and falling leaf
acknowledges that death, like life, is always present.

august moon

on this dog day afternoon
a sliver of moon
hangs suspended in the blue
the bottomless depth of burning sky
while a tiny shiny jet
goes winking and sparkling by

*august moon is a creative project I've challenged myself to maintain for this month.

small summer stone

al fresco
dappled sunlight on spaghetti
and the pungence of  fresh basil