zooming in
on the bug nebula
during my lunch hour
is it a butterfly
or bow-tie pasta


bug nebula image:


http://tinyurl.com/yd5sw44

no more rooms
at the beacon motel
two magnolias
spend another night
under the stars

The sign for the Beacon Motel was purchased and restored by the owner of a car wash in Pacific, MO.

for Noor:

for centuries
this unjust war
waged against women
when did we stop
honoring our daughters

easter marked
by tall tales
just like st. peter
the vatican
still in denial

the forsythia letting go
of its yellow crosses
I censor myself from all
the things I could have said
this easter sunday

content not to make
any headlines
the redbuds don
their purple vestments
for holy week

so many
delicate faces
at the orchid show
sometimes our greatest strength
is our fragility

flipping
the calendar
to april fool's day
why do I think today
will be any different?

spun from the loom
of a windmill
a day so blue
a high-energy drink
would only ruin it

"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence."

~Doug MacLeod

"The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants."

~ Omar Bradley

not bothered at all
by the latest scandal
the crows
conduct their own search
of the church parking lot