Tuesday, September 30, 2008

WILDPEACE

























Photo by S. Auberle

"Let it come
like wildflowers
suddenly, because the field
must have it: wildpeace.
- Yehuda Amichai
excerpt from "Wildpeace"

Friday, September 26, 2008

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

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

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

Sunday, September 21, 2008

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

Friday, September 19, 2008

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

Monday, September 15, 2008

AUTUMN DIRGE

























Photo by S. Auberle


earth
turning
toward
darkness
clouds
closing in
brooding
sentinels
without
pity

Friday, September 12, 2008

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

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

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

Monday, September 08, 2008

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

Monday, September 01, 2008

SO SOON SEPTEMBER



















Photo by S. Auberle

watercolor sky
scent of apples on the wind
old moon gone missing
- mimi