forever galloping
through the seasons
of the meadow
Steel Steed
Openings
between the heron and the house
morning wanders across the meadow
charming the new day
Sneaking By
there below the terrace
the elusive metal heron
keeping thoughts of summer alive
Never An Admission Fee
there could be
no better museum
than a tree
Water Cairns
stone memories
commemorating place
in the passage of time
Essential Elements
steel heron
waits by stone bowl
filled with rain
Bronze
a sculpture
grown by June
red metal
Leaf Life
sculpture on ice
bas relief
of a leaf’s life
Time’s Sculpture
every edge
sharpened by cold
carving it’s shape into air
Passageway
through darkness
into light
the journey’s substance
Delphinium’s Heron
stillness
at the fence post
bookend for blossoms
Seer
the skull
is a sacred thing
still holding all that was seen
Bird and Babe
inside
the flowering
white ring of innocence
Wholeness
purpose and place
is located
in relationship
Metal Made
steely eyed
vegan heron
roughage predator
Sentinel
cement sentry
even in sleep
a watchful guardian
Granite Kiss
eternal
adoration
for the woods
Offering
in the baby tears
a sprite plants
dreams yet to be dreamed
The Magic Flute
in harmony
with wind and birdsong
a concert for the trees
Bronze Maiden
The meadow blooms
in honor of her eternal youth.
Blessings
Stone Buddha
permanent practice
of impermanence
Raptor
A steel bird of prey
scours the landscape
hunting abandoned cars.
The Island of Vermont
Landlocked and wooden
this moai
is a tree deity.
The Tempest’s Creation
The storm left
sculptures and mysteries
behind.
Teaching Tree
Reshaped by time and weather
my mentor on the mountain
asks me to look deeper and see through.
Uprooted
Grandfather still holds onto stones from the earth.
No longer a giant, now a sculpture
a testament to the power of nature.
Sacred Shape
When Buddha and the Madonna met
their spirits left a sacred shape
a touchstone for peace and practice.