up this high

up this high

up this high
my horse chipping
ice under hoof
looking down
over pine
in shadow
toward the valley
of dry winter
pasture in sun
my guide grown
in the moods of
this mountain
light assuring
me the horse
knows well how
to step & where

moon pearl girl

moon pearl girl
for Keikei
october 2017
moonbridge

Sliver grown to a pearl…. out of paw’s reach, snapped in a cat’s eye of lens

at edge
of day
when the sun
is lost to
the four points
of night and
the between winds
of dream
girl you
might have
missed
in the day
that new moon
she grows
into you
a sliver to a
pearl