1130 Miles: Christ Mass: Crying All Day

Crying All Day

for the missing ones

the hungry ones

women sleeping under trees

out of doors with no gifts 

but the temporary dry

bordering on warmth

1130 Miles: Christmas Day: Teardrop

Teardrop
Originally uploaded by vajra

day is finished or nearly so
after two days of cooking
shopping chopping eating
nothing to do
after cleaning
rinsing drying shelving
except
start
again

1130 Miles: 36

And on this winter's longest night 

I owe you a poem, a photograph -

loping river gift of light 

miles evaporate between us

1130 Miles: Another Day: Solstice

Solstice
Originally uploaded by vajra

three days until Solstice
I am still talking about weather
outdoors where sun
and these leaves shine
it's Spring everwhere
except the calendar

warm with chance of
Christmas

1130 Miles: Day 35: Lonely Angels

Lonely Angels

these river trees between fall and
winter call for hawk or
a painter with thin feathery brush

to coax the gradients of blue above
into an evening brew to hold escaping
warmth in cupped hands, branches of my body

1130 MIles: Day 35: Welcome

Welcome
Originally uploaded by vajra

the grateful rose
drenched from last night's rain
unwinds her slow beauty
thirst quenched
petals washed
a subtle fragrance

yet I walk on

1130 Miles:Day 34: Snow Day

Snow Day

and indoors we stir chocolate and pecans

into an egg and sugar batter to make post Thanksgiving pie

the oldest in fashion, this midday mixer 

no television, no sounds outside; nothing but two pairs of hips

side by side in the little kitchen, shifting

1130 Miles: 34th Day: Parched

Parched
Originally uploaded by vajra

last month promised
a wet winter
meteorologist speak endlessly
of the storm
approaching
tomorrow
this weekend
next week

while every morning
sun shines
birds sing
I walk to Rooz
hat on head
no jacket
camera ready
for the sight of rain