as you step on, vacuum, sweep-up, curse, recycle
those painful and elusive pine needles
fallen from your wreaths, trees, garlands
stop a second to take a very close look
at the beauty of a sliced pine needle magnified
and you may see them in a new light.
—
“seven clans” – photo by elm mitchell
—
“the close-up says everything”
-marlon brando
out seeing the lights tonight.
may you and your family be filled with light and laughter.
—
“always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
-e.b. white
out on a walk
not yet eight o’ clock
streetlight on
a warning beacon
season shines and quietly moves
nearing its end.
—
“poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.”
-lawrence ferlinghetti
on glen lake as summer’s end approaches
—
enrosadira- the exquisite glow that happens at sunrise and sunset.
—
glen lake, glen arbor, michigan, usa
just a short walk to the river – always full of power and light
(and the power and light have returned to the land!)
thank you to the community for keeping everyone going
—
“one thing you can never underestimate is the power of water.”
-joe teti
still no power, but beautiful days
—
“the town was glad with morning light; places that had shown ugly and distrustful all night long, now wore a smile; and sparkling sunbeams dancing on chamber windows, and twinkling through blind and curtain before sleepers’ eyes, shed light even into dreams, and chased away the shadows of the night.”
-charles dickens
wild storm
then power out for 700,000
can’t stop this from shining through
yeti in the light
—
“light is therefore color.”
-j.m.w. turner
“on water and light she runs.”
-katherine catmull
—
ann arbor, michigan, usa – april 2021
