AGAIN, THAT MOON

Photo/Painting by S. Auberle

"Many paths lead

from the foot of the mountain,

but at the peak

we all gaze

at the single bright moon."

~ Ikkyu

Zen Monk/Poet (1394 - 1481)

Digital photo collage by S. Auberle

"Heartily know

when half-gods go,

the gods arrive."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

SKY POEM

Photo by S. Auberle

big purple rainy sky

drenches my heart...

and me

without an umbrella

~ mimi

POPPY FIREWORKS

altered digital photo by S. Auberle

"So to live is heaven:

to make undying music in the world..."

~ George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

from "O May I Join the Choir Invisible!"

A PERFECT MOMENT

Photo by S. Auberle

Because it was a shiny morning

out there, drawing on the sidewalk,

and the chalk felt so right in her hand,

because the boy was at his finest--

blue-eyed, dimpled and grubby

as only a five year old can be,

because he melted her heart

when he said that the man he drew

has only seven hairs on his head

and I have a thousand

because the sun shone down upon them

and somewhere, out in the desert,

a wren sang his cheery song,

the woman knew, beyond all doubt,

this was a perfect moment.

~ mimi