Western Boots

 

Western Boots

from my studio window 

mountains to the south 

veiled in a cloudy mist

to the north     Taos Mountain

Mother Mountain

sacred mountain

stands watch

a skull visible

on the side of the mountain

the little town below the mesa

a sleepy little town in Northern New Mexico

at night like a Christmas tree

lights sparkle in the darkness

Taos history of art and artists

who came for a new scene

a new landscape to paint 

new colors, new people

two artists on the way to Mexico City

by wagon, a wheel broke just out of town

they flipped a coin 

who would take the wheel for repair?

they loved the look of the place

they never made it to Mexico City

they stayed in Taos and founded

the Taos Society of Artists

Sharp, Blumenschein, and Phillips

most days the sun shines brightly

in winter     snow

the smell of piñon smoke 

from kiva fireplaces

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Note:  This is a photo in my computer.  Since I am a techno-peasant, I don't know where it came from, or how it got there.   Or how to remove it?   

 

From Flat Lands to Desert

 

From Flat Lands to Desert

to move or not to move

that is the question

we've been here

for such a long time

a place for everything

and everything in it's place

whatever it is

you can find it in the dark

I love my house

and hate to leave

but the memories 

say, it is time

go west young

or not so young woman

follow the sun

as it settles on the horizon

land of enchantment beckones

I've been in the flat land by the sea

too long, time to leave

my new home waits for me

at the foot of the mountain

in the middle of the sage

we hardly know what we are doing

but it is what we must do

no reason to argue

it is what it will be

a new life in the desert for me

starting over isn't easy

I walk in the desert

cactus stickers hurt my toes

nothing soothes the pain

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The Mundane The Ordinary The Extraordinary

 The Mundane

  The Mundane The Ordinary The Extraordinary   

 you say, he died  

died too young 

 just a boy, after all 

 too tender for this world    

I ran into you yesterday  

you say, your husband died  

a man I did not know  

I saw tears in your eyes    

another time  

I said, he died, drowned  

a fisherman   

drowned while fishing   

 the phone rang 

 you say, he died 

 just a boy after all  

the youngest of your children    

another time  

you say, she died  a beautiful young woman 

 died too young    

I stopped a man on the street  

with breaking voice 

 I said, he died, my only son  

died too young, just a boy    

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Hotel

 Hotel

 

an old hotel in my hometown

made of wood

once painted white

 

paint peeled off

traces of white remained

worn and tired

 

like many of the citizens

of our old town

Mrs. Castle our next door neighbor

 

lived alone day and night

her husband died long ago

she never mentioned him?

 

perhaps it was once the place to go

the place to meet for tea

dress up 

go out

 

to see and be seen

on Friday night

Mr. and Mrs. Boots

came into town 

dinner at the hotel

 

not much happens in a small town

Mr. and Mrs. Rainbow

had their wedding party at the hotel

the talk of the town

 

no one famous ever came in

that hotel was old when I was born

I wonder does it still stand

or has it disappeared like

the town no longer on the map

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Gratitude

 Gratitude

 

can change the world

or can change the place where you reside

the neighborhood

 

can change you

your outlook on life

change how you view others

 

I keep a bucket of gratitude

near the door

to give away 

when a neighbor comes to call

 

you can never have too much

as there is much to be grateful for

sunlight on the windowsill

 

blue sky

faraway places 

someone to love

 

colors bright and dull

textures to feel

a warm place to call home

 

so much to be grateful for

a smile across a room

a wink and…you

 

 

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