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The Magnificent Creature
On my walk today, I saw a man with a camera and powerful lens. He was peering up into a tree, where a bald eagle sat, peering back. I continued to my turnaround point, a mile beyond. When I returned, thirty minutes had passed, but the magnificent creature was still ...
Meet My Shadow
November 11, 2024: This guy walked 7 miles with me yesterday, and again today. I bet his feet don't hurt like mine do! ...
Animating Nature
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) One of the things I love about walking is that it wakes up, or animates, my imagination. It does so especially when my walks are away from the humdrum, ...
Beauty, A Wordless Language
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) I titled this photograph "L'Abri," which is French for "the shelter." Commentary In the years when I walked frequently around White Rock Lake, I increasingly recognized outcroppings of beauty ...
Lake Images With Poetry
Walking to the Banquet
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) Commentary ON THE PATH
This early morning poetography is too personal, too idiosyncratic to be GOOD. But, like the dream from which I just awoke, it is TRUE. The elements ...
This early morning poetography is too personal, too idiosyncratic to be GOOD. But, like the dream from which I just awoke, it is TRUE. The elements ...
To Myself in the Mirror
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) Commentary I don't currently have anything to add to this one. But YAY! I finished getting caught up with posting a whole year of poems ...
The End of Life
Commentary This poem is about the "end" or purpose of life, and whether or not we can achieve that purpose when our numbered days are few. We are not Jesus Christ. But God invites us to identify with Him very, very deeply. I suppose He's pleased for us to compare ...
Not Alone
Commentary These little trails have always intrigued me, be they in the mountains or in a local park. Why do they evoke such strong emotion? Seriously... I took the photo, walked another 200 yards, and sat down on a park bench to edit the photo and pen a few words ...