pond in darkness
an expansive
chasm
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Tuesday 30 August 2011
no 30
Swimming light, drifting water,
a feeling of bouyancy
beneath
a
weightless
body.
a feeling of bouyancy
beneath
a
weightless
body.
Monday 29 August 2011
no 29
I almost tread on you
you blend so
into the concrete night,
I take you home
and place you in the pond
you blend so
into the concrete night,
I take you home
and place you in the pond
Sunday 28 August 2011
no 28
How did they find their way?
Did they smell
the life force?
Is it survival
instinct?
Heard on the grapevine
perhaps gatecrashers
or
were they invited?
Did they smell
the life force?
Is it survival
instinct?
Heard on the grapevine
perhaps gatecrashers
or
were they invited?
Saturday 27 August 2011
suface, no 27
fingers plunge
through a
watery
threshold
disappearing
into
the darkness
of an
imagined
ocean
through a
watery
threshold
disappearing
into
the darkness
of an
imagined
ocean
Friday 26 August 2011
watching a visitor, no 26
Cold blooded,
moist,
glassy eyed,
staring
between
spaces.
Do you know
I am
there?
moist,
glassy eyed,
staring
between
spaces.
Do you know
I am
there?
Thursday 25 August 2011
Wednesday 24 August 2011
wind, no 24
Wind moving water,
small waves
travelling
through
space and time.
small waves
travelling
through
space and time.
Tuesday 23 August 2011
no 23
days are shortening,
life is yellowing,
crisp,
degenerating,
photosynthesis
recedes
life is yellowing,
crisp,
degenerating,
photosynthesis
recedes
Monday 22 August 2011
no 22
Foliage falling, gliding, canoe like safe haven.
Sunday 21 August 2011
rain, no 21
precipitation,
shower,
drizzle
torrent,
deluge
fall
shower,
drizzle
torrent,
deluge
fall
Saturday 20 August 2011
bold, no 20
The plants are pocket sized,
hardly surfacing.
I imagine another year
and
the bold awakening of growth
hardly surfacing.
I imagine another year
and
the bold awakening of growth
Friday 19 August 2011
rain on water, no 19
water on water,
caressing the
surface,
weaving
a pulsating
harmony
caressing the
surface,
weaving
a pulsating
harmony
Thursday 18 August 2011
Wednesday 17 August 2011
no 17,
Paddling
in my garden,
a child again,
breathing
in,
the freedom
in my garden,
a child again,
breathing
in,
the freedom
Tuesday 16 August 2011
aquatic, no 16
skimming
an
aquatic universe,
legs bowed,
olympic pace,
oarlike nymphs
an
aquatic universe,
legs bowed,
olympic pace,
oarlike nymphs
Monday 15 August 2011
water world, no 15
a microcosm of the universe,
wiggling creatures,
otherly things without names,
a smell of underworlds
wiggling creatures,
otherly things without names,
a smell of underworlds
Sunday 14 August 2011
a spot to sit, no 14
Hands swimming,
surface sheen broken,
inhabiting shore and water.
surface sheen broken,
inhabiting shore and water.
Saturday 13 August 2011
life force, no 13
daily traffic droning,
sounds of metal,
teeth on edge,
industry,
pond water,
life force,
movement
and
stillness.
sounds of metal,
teeth on edge,
industry,
pond water,
life force,
movement
and
stillness.
Friday 12 August 2011
symbolic garden
lush vegetation,
the scent of damp ferns,
woodland floor -
a carpet of lichen
the scent of damp ferns,
woodland floor -
a carpet of lichen
Thursday 11 August 2011
Wednesday 10 August 2011
float, no 10
A dream
of floating,
its dark
the sides are shallow.
I remain
just floating
gazing at the
star sky.
of floating,
its dark
the sides are shallow.
I remain
just floating
gazing at the
star sky.
Tuesday 9 August 2011
aqua pura, no 9
Feeding visitors,
enables the act
of witnessing
as time slows.
enables the act
of witnessing
as time slows.
Monday 8 August 2011
ground work, no 8
plants,
roots,
stones,
insects,
seeds,
embed,
source,
substance
roots,
stones,
insects,
seeds,
embed,
source,
substance
Sunday 7 August 2011
transient things, no 7
Settling in time,
a laying of foundations
and yet
there is a transience
in
these earthly things
a laying of foundations
and yet
there is a transience
in
these earthly things
Saturday 6 August 2011
no 6
discovering a new part of self,
soothed and held by water sounds,
able to shape shift through worlds
above and beneath
soothed and held by water sounds,
able to shape shift through worlds
above and beneath
Friday 5 August 2011
no 5
Surfacing,
hardly noticeable,
emerging,
micro world,
of living
busy bodies,
skimming,
glass light.
hardly noticeable,
emerging,
micro world,
of living
busy bodies,
skimming,
glass light.
Thursday 4 August 2011
frog, no 4
blending in,
taking up house,
moving in - a squatter,
so subtle you'd
hardly notice
taking up house,
moving in - a squatter,
so subtle you'd
hardly notice
Wednesday 3 August 2011
deep surface, no 3
A daily ritual - peeping in,
spying new growth,
a shadow - shape shifting
leaf falling - landing,
consumed - decaying,
feeding - restoring.
spying new growth,
a shadow - shape shifting
leaf falling - landing,
consumed - decaying,
feeding - restoring.
underworld, no 3
feet soothed,
shocked by coolness,
disappearing beneath
an underworld
shocked by coolness,
disappearing beneath
an underworld
Tuesday 2 August 2011
frog, no 2
blending flawlessly,
sage, spinich, blue green,
it springs from a dark rock,
from beneath the water surface,
sage, spinich, blue green,
it springs from a dark rock,
from beneath the water surface,
Monday 1 August 2011
water, no 1
in the back ground,
in motion - continuum
in motion - continuum
August
August and another month. I have a new pond, its just in the development stage, growing, plants and rocks bedding in. I am going to be writing my moments in time on observations and experiences around this new and changing environment.
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