we cycle cities
joy found wherever we go
cause life’s a cycle
Day Five, Road Trip 2016
we cycle cities
joy found wherever we go
cause life’s a cycle
parenting
Day Three, Road Trip 2016
midnight thunder struck
after opossums purred by
searching us for peace
these were our night sounds,
cicadas’ long lullaby
and small waves lapping
the rain drove us here
across state lines new to us
with new warning signs
bridge that cut through glass
brought us to the lost city
found again by sun
new sounds now rock us
of saxophones and jazz clubs
that purr by for peace
all in a day’s work:
a touch of nature, people;
all in the journey
Day Two, Road Trip 2016
dawn painted this view
with a crimson feathered brush
shaped from god’s fingers
interrupted drive
on solitary farm roads
brings peace and worry
fresh peaches save us,
and hand picked Texas peanuts–
bag reads: God bless you
red dirt gets seeded
turning desert land to food
to feed our hot drive
at last, a forest:
lodgepole and endless lake
to wash off the dust
Day One, Road Trip 2016
teary pet goodbye
gives way to mountains and plains
peppered by gray sky
storms hover past us
as curvy roads snake Texas
with speeds much too high
we drive till sunset,
kiss the red canyon good night,
find our hobbit hole
Pedal to Petal
baby blooms her legs
on a twenty-mile trek
through city of dreams
Ignite It
just capture this light
bright enough to block the night
and fight the good fight
Roots
history’s learned best
when you can see it firsthand
in a child’s eyes
Baby Brunch Date
biking out to brunch:
way to tackle a cool day
during midsummer
Solo Time
fun with the youngest
my flower amongst the blooms
that give us this life
Whine with That?
eight miles of views
captured between bickering
parenting is hard
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