WeEncounterEmbraceHold and treasureThat vastness of human experienceUnfoldingAround us Encountering this dayEmbracing itTreasuring the connections its vastness representsAnd its unfolding 19 May 2023
Category: Poems
a poem, newly crafted or from before
Encounters with Infinity
Originally drafted in June 2020 During 2020, a post on Facebook caught my attention. Seeing this set me thinking and pondering. I am a keen reader of cereal boxes, especially in 1972 when I lived in Canada and they were in French and English. Good for practising my French. The picture triggers a … Continue reading Encounters with Infinity
Life as a Tree-lined Avenue
Christmas 2022: Driving through the long avenues of huge gums in the early evening, amongst shafts of light as if in the nave of a huge cathedral, reminding me that life has been a journey through tree lined avenues, and will no doubt continue to be so. And this avenue has no end! (on Beach … Continue reading Life as a Tree-lined Avenue
early sunlight greeting
first thing one mid-August morning ... one of the lovely things about living in a forest clearing, as we do, is to be greeted each morning by the earliest rays of sun’s daily journey striking tree trunks and bouncing off leaves, from the low angle at which its light enters our day, adding a unique … Continue reading early sunlight greeting
The Unimagined and Ongoing Consequences of the Things We Do
Unimagined sequelae and their ongoing-ness. Let me share my experience with John Taverners music, “The Protecting Veil”, a piece of music to which I responded with poetry, as I was moved more deeply with each listening. And then there was the occasion on which it literally stopped me in my tracks, as I realised that … Continue reading The Unimagined and Ongoing Consequences of the Things We Do
a new year greeting
on Seven Mile Beach, early, 1 January 2022 Sitting on the beach in dawn light On this spinning planet, eyes toward horizon Earth rotates into a new day, a new year Clouds transform its arrival into spectacle An extended sunrise for another year Shared with friends who have also dropped by Grateful for this gift … Continue reading a new year greeting
Winter morning
Winter morning, early. To the east, the sun shines low through the forest transformed by last night’s rain droplets on leaves A thousand prisms glinting, sparkling, twinkling welcoming me Into this day
Jottings, Reflections and Ponderings 