how its going – Sunshine and Wind

how its going: rest pt. 5

February 12, 2021February 7, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

stepping out of the homework
is like stepping in to the rise:

run against traffic
and look both ways

keep sharp
the gift of surprise

astoria park, between hoyt and the tennis courts, looking east. triboro bridge on the left. empty scene of the trees and grass. blue skies and sunny

how its going: rest pt. 4

February 11, 2021February 7, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

ah,
the fallen!

ah,
the spin and the faint!

give me love or nothing
which ever is extended
however intended

gravestones in a small yard next to a building with two story homes in the background. a gnarly tree stretches across the middle of the frame

how its going: rest pt. 3

February 10, 2021February 7, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

creation
was and is
the first and only miracle

a fierce boil
on a toy ladder

a look west from 21st street down one of those Astoria sidestreets just south of the bridge and park. peeking view of shore towers

how its going: rest pt. 2

February 9, 2021February 7, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

backlit like this
you can feel the fire
emphasized
from outside the shadow

over your tired shoulder
you peer into the push

spikes and lines of shadow against a shot of a nyc asphalt street, facing north. cars travelling away from the POV, suggesting motion

how its going: rest pt. 1

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

vacation is over,
i just know it

i need more
than the word
will give

telephone pole and wires crisscross in front of a blue sky. green street sign saying 26th road

how its going: coast

January 29, 2021January 24, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

every day i have gone out
it has been overcast and gray

you would think it’s all about
to sit real low and stay and stay

nothing stops the slide.
we design
a lens
for the low light,

for the beauty
that would otherwise elude me,
for the glide

how its going: wire

January 28, 2021January 24, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

i found a cure for hesitation
on the windowsill

another day to stretch my sin
till the sun falls still

birds rest on statues of birds
men take down statues of men
cause and effect,
sure.

but no ill will

how its going: cage

January 27, 2021January 24, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

out of focus, a victim
of my own projection

alive or dead,
top or bottom,

in the ground or
overhead

the sad world
and its clutches

how its going: abandon

January 26, 2021January 24, 2021sunshineandwindLeave a comment

there seems to be a place for everything
here to sit to rest and there to hide and seek

deep the roots will follow for what they need
a soft trust leads and protects the sea from me

the world is currents cursed with a high tide
but walk after sound to find yourself inside