WILDPEACE

Photo by S. Auberle

"Let it come

like wildflowers

suddenly, because the field

must have it: wildpeace.

- Yehuda Amichai

excerpt from "Wildpeace"

CREATION

Photo by S. Auberle - Yellowstone National Park

"This is the simple discovery which we must confront. We were given a place in the creation, with a beauty beyond telling, and we have failed to care for it. And as our collective contempt for the non-human world has intensified, so has our contempt for each other. We have failed to care for each other."

- Robert Jensen
"The Face of Democracy"

The Face of Democracy--35 Portraits of Americans Who Tell the Truth--is a stunning exhibit by Maine artist Robert Shetterly. If it makes its way to your city, do NOT miss this powerful show. You will, I promise, be deeply touched.

- mimi

HARVEST

Photo by S. Auberle

perfume of apples

in September air

intoxicates tonight--

taste me,

breathe me,

open the heart of me,

whisper the apples---

the trees full

and lush in years,

bent low with giving

- mimi

WIND, LIGHT, TIME

Photo by S. Auberle

"Wind, light and time

ever revolve;

let us then enjoy life

as best we can."

- Tu Fu

The Winding River

SEPTEMBER 19

the C. Denis Sullivan - photo by S. Auberle

south wind morning

summer memories

run with them

while you can

before the gales

of November

- mimi

AUTUMN DIRGE

Photo by S. Auberle

earth

turning

toward

darkness

clouds

closing in

brooding

sentinels

without

pity

SOMEDAY

Photo by S. Auberle

Another "oldie" I may have published before, but I think it's worth repeating...

The great bulls

are bugling tonight,

their screams stabbing

a moonless sky.

Huffing and grunting,

they shake trees,

call forth the ghosts

of all that was wild,

all we slaughtered,

dammed up,

chopped down,

paved over,

gouged out

of this tender earth.

Someone tell me,

please, tell me

how to begin

to make things right.

Tell me how to help

this earth heal,

the buffalo return,

trees to grow mighty again.

Tell me that one day

rivers will flow,

again, freely to the sea.

Please, say to me

all we have loved

will not cease to be.

- mimi

FOUR TAKES

Painting by S. Auberle

FOUR TAKES

It's a dark and stormy night.

Cut.

It's a sad and moonless night.

Cut.

It's a rainy night in Georgia.

Cut.

This isn't Georgia,

Ray Charles has left the building,

storms passed,

lightning and thunder ceased.

Nothing left now

but slow rhythm of rain,

one distant wailing train song,

Hank Williams pain song,

somebody done somebody

wrong song.

I fall

asleep.

Cut.

- mimi

WOMAN

Photo by S. Auberle - Artist Unknown

Browsing through old files, came upon this poem, written some years ago. A bit strange, but I like it, so here it is, since nothing new seems to be coming...

WHEN GOD BECAME A WOMAN

Another white dawn,

God feels Her bones spin.

Suddenly She is undetectable

in space, descending

past the morning moon,

breathing again.

She goes slowly,

goes green,

nurtures seeds and genius

without logic.

She is drunk on joy,

delicious, absurd,

writing poems

one word a day.

Tomorrow

She will choose ten colors

and paint the dawn.

- mimi

THE ART SPIRIT

Photo by S. Auberle - Artist Unknown

"There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. If one could but recall his vision by some sort of sign. It was in this hope that the arts were invented. Sign-posts on the way to what may be. Sign-posts toward greater knowledge."

- Robert Henri
The Art Spirit

SO SOON SEPTEMBER

Photo by S. Auberle

watercolor sky

scent of apples on the wind

old moon gone missing

- mimi