all is good

Darkness creeps away as dawn’s
Light arrives, the birds start
Their song, all is good

The story he wove kept me
Turning the pages, art, health
Suspense, twists, all is good

Turning the faucet to let the
Water run gets it deep
From the well, all is good

In his eagerness, he put the ring on
Before saying his lines
He turned grinning, all is good

The two year old learns that joy
Can come from the sprinkler
She turns grinning, all is good

I don’t know what it will be
Like when my time comes but
I also will turn grinning, all is good

A good experience

This new form is longer
Each section can stand alone
Recreating a good experience

There is a call and response from the
Frog colony by the water side while
Fireflies blink creating a good experience

Pete the Cat started with one
Story about his new shoes
Changing colors for a good experience

I found myself crawled forward
Off the sleeping mats in my
Dreams looking for a good experience

Penn’s Creek runs high covering
Most of the rocks, little white
Water sounds like a good experience

The joy of the puppy in rabbit chase
Later straining on his leash
He pointed to a good experience



Composed while off the grid in Weikert, PA

sherku: accessible

What is it
About drink
That leads him
To think
She would be so
Accessible

sherku: tree frog chorus

Leaving behind
Irritating
Commercials
Fall asleep with
Tree frog chorus

Composed during August 2012 and recently rediscovered sitting in draft

sherku: Peake's Wharf 2

Standing in line
For ice cream
The pots and pans
Outlet is empty
On Peake’s Wharf

Composed during our vacation on PEI in August 2012
recently rediscovered still in draft form

sherku: Peake's Wharf

Woe oh oh
Up she rises
Fiddle, guitar
Irish drum keeps
Beat on Peake's Wharf

Composed during vacation trip to PEI in August 2012
recently rediscovered in draft

sherku: PEI

We left the fog
Behind in Saint John
To watch the
Sea birds diving
At West Point

Composed during the vacation trip to Prince Edward Island in August 2012
recently rediscovered sitting in draft

sherku: pausing

You step over
a sidewalk crack
without thinking
do you speak
without pausing

Composed during the recent Dodge Poetry Festival, October 2012
recently found neglected in draft form

sherku: questions

questions
are not inane
simple, stupid
they come from learners
the questions are

Composed during the last Dodge Poetry Festival, October 2012
recently found neglected in draft form

sherku: fingers

He may have
A stud body
I have my
Fingers with
A gentle
And kind touch

Catching up on some created earlier and found in various states of draft

sherku: divide

Elephant
to Man
the other
Is just present
Until we bridge
The divide

Composed after listening to Krista Tippett's On Being podcast
http://www.onbeing.org/program/whale-songs-and-elephant-loves/241

sherku: sunrise

Called to the
Kitchen, not to
Reach or open
But see the
Splendid sunrise

catching up to some of what I had written previously and found in various forms of draft

sherku: exercise

Exercise
Pants propped
Right leg last
Stepped out of
Would I had
Been there to help



What is a sherku?   


Coming up to the bedroom, I saw this article of clothing in a little pile and my imagination ran with it

exercise pants

sherku: Irish 5K

Irish 5k
Learning to
Gain power
From memories
Here in Pawtucket



What is a sherku?   


I grew up in Pawtucket and going back to run this Irish 5K race I find an emotional roller coaster ride.

sherku: new world view

The end of one
Day brings the
Beginning of
Another fresh start
New world view


What is a sherku?   


Found in my Evernotes (from Dec 2012) and apparently not published here