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High Desert Art

Breakfast Visitors

2/14/2025

If
I Stay
Very
Still,
Soon
I Will
See
The
Finches
Fill
The
Window
Tree.
Red
Of
Head
And
Breast,
They
Stop
To
Rest,
Groom
Their
Feathers,
Oblivious
To
All
Weathers.
In
The
Safety
Of
The
Branches,
Conduct
Brief
Romances,
Then
Fly
Away,
Until
Another
Day.

You, Again

2/7/2025

Try
As
I Might,
Every
Night,
You
Invade
My
Dreams.
Nothing
Is
As
It
Was,
The
Misty
Stranger
Is
Apt
To
Change,
As
Does
The
Intricate
Game,
But
It’s
You
All
The
Same.
Memory’s
Not
Worth
A
Damn,
I Remain
Who
I Am,
And
Love
Has
Been
Gone
Ever
So
Long,
But
It’s
The
Same
Old
Song
As
On
I Chase,
Trying
To
Clearly
See
Your
Face.

The Writer's Lament

1/31/2025

Death
Is
A
Constant,
That’s
Quite
True,
Makes
A
Random
Visit
To
A
Friend
Or
Two,
Then
Suddenly,
It’s
You.
Finding
The
Fated
Spirit
There,
Abruptly,
You’re
Out
Of
Air.
With
It’s
Delicate,
Inevitable
Choice,
Comes
A
Loss
Of
Voice,
So
Take
Great
Care
To
Say
Your
Piece,
We’re
All
Of
Us
Set
On
Quick
Release.

Wolf Moon

1/17/2025

I Saw
The
Full
Moon
Rise,
Winter
White
Against
The
Indigo
Night,
It’s
Glow
Of
Light
Dappling
The
Barren
Trees,
And
I Was
Pleased
To
Witness
It’s
Steady
Travel,
A
Galaxy
Of
Stars
Beginning
To
Unravel
As
It
Climbed,
The
Pocked
Expression
A
Tranquil
Smile,
Luminous
Over
The
Empty,
Vast,
And
Open
Miles.

Music 7

1/10/2025

Fragments
Of
Song
Are
My
Companions
All
Day
Long.
These
Vary
From
Rock
To
Bach,
Lyric
And
Rhyme
Keeping
Time.
Poetry
Of
The
Masses,
Refrains
Treasured
By
All
Classes,
Themes
That
Mean
More
Than
Most
Know,
Heard
Everywhere
We
Go.

January Pause

1/3/2025

Winter
Sky,
Cloud
Streaked
Blue
Of
A
Delicate
Hue,
Sleeping
Trees
Bare
Branched
In
A
Frosty
Breeze.
Below
The
Garden
Ground,
Round
Bulbs
Of
Daffodils
Recline,
Aging
Like
Wine,
Waiting
For
Warm
Spring
Sunshine.

Annum

12/27/2024

The
Year
Plays
Out
In
A
Mist
Of
Frost.
Praise
For
The
Joy
Negates
The
Cost
Of
Flagrant
Loss.
Hope,
Always
Hope,
No
Matter
The
Odds,
Bearing
The
Whims
Of
Capricious
Gods
In
Some
Ancient
Room,
Carelessly
Bathing
This
Northern
World
In
Winter’s
Gloom.

Resolved

12/20/2024

*Head* Carved Colorado Alabaster 12" H X 33" Circumference* 3" H Ebonized Walnut Base

Tomorrow
Is
Winter,
But
The
Sky
Is
Blue,
And
Somehow,
We’ll
Make
It
Through
Until
Spring,
Despite
Everything.
Christmas
And
Another
Year
Ends.
I Will
Forgive
Again
My
Timeworn
Sins
As
I’m
Able,
And
At
The
Holiday
Table,
Join
In
Spirit
All
My
Lost
Friends.

Remembrance

12/13/2024

*Elizabeth's Rose* 12" H X 9" W Oil on Canvas

Flung
Roses
Of
The
Past,
Bright
Blossoms
That
Could
Not
Last,
Cast
Away
With
Vague
Thoughts
Of
Future
Days,
But
Lost,
Never
To
Come
Again
In
Time’s
Relentless
Spin.
Oh,
Disloyal,
Unaware
Of
How
Faithful
Deep
It
Was
To
Care,
Distracted
By
A
Shimmering
Reflection,
A
False
Direction,
Precious
Love
Caught
In
Faded
Flowers
And
Uncounted
Hours.

Fortune

12/6/2024

Fate
Swirls
The
Tealeaves
Of
These
Days,
The
Promise
And
The
Praise,
The
Dregs
Of
Destiny
Blend,
Descend
And
Fall,
Revealing
Patterns
Of
Despair
Amid
Joy’s
Brief
Share,
And
We
Are
Stranded
There,
At
Rest
Between
The
Unknown
Worst
And
Best,
The
Lost
And
Won,
Quickly
Rinse
The
Cup,
And
All
Is
Gone.