My dearest love, I grow more transparent with each passing day, less substantial than the dark stone walls that surround me, colder than the gray rock slab I sit upon. Deep inside myself, past skin and muscles, inside organs, the wayward cells glow bright green. They cluster like jade beads at the base of my […]

At the market you squeeze two cantaloupes for ripeness, then hold them out to me. I hand-weigh them, feint a backhands juggle, shrug, then heft both into our basket. You try for a look of exasperation, but you can’t stop smiling. Our happiness is insufferable. In the cheese aisle, you pick a creamy French brie; […]

You take my hand shyly, for the first time, and our heated joy fills heaven and earth; the trees around us are laughing: their branches blush with us, pink and red blossoms; their bright leaves quiver radiant green, sparkle madly in sunlight. **** We touch hands in darkness, not watching the film; we explore contours […]

      Tonight, the reflecting pool holds the moon in iridescent embrace. Not even the breezes that ripple her surface can disturb their resplendent union.     I almost missed this white stone pool on the way back to our cabin, but you pulled me over, quoting our favorite poem about the moon. Now as we lean over, we […]

In twilight we sit on our perfect blanket that stretches over a wide section of  grass, surrounded by concert-goers like ourselves; some are just arriving, others are touring the nearby gardens. This is the last event of the annual jazz festival; the musicians have already begun to play lively Latin rhythms with a light overlay […]

Just a few miles separate us now – a cacophony of crisscrossing streets, traffic signs and slanting hills everywhere! The four-hour drive from the airport has taken me past small towns, craft shops, filling stations, and roadside cafes – friendly signposts guiding me closer and closer to the place where my true heart lies. Last […]

You are the ocean and I am the shore. Within you lies the mystery of life, the joy of creation, the seasons of the moon.  You broach my outer reaches, surging slowly inland. You glide over me, swelling my separate sand grains to whole fabric. You recede, kissing me with foam-tipped wavelets, leaving shells and […]

My love, how warm-fragrant you are in sleep; your face, in repose, is as sweet as a child’s, your breaths light and warm on my skin. I have held you all night, while you have barely stirred through all the hours. All that is real and dear and precious exists around us in this room, […]

Heat can’t lie When it hurts to breatheWhen flowers throb open Ready for bees My throat so dryIn heat of the sun  This slake must wait Till work is done The heft, the curve The cup in my hands Its liquid sparkles and trembles in dance Alive to all Heat, sun and the bees  The birds […]