“Old Watering Hole” — Black & White Image by kenne
Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Tag
Otherside of Nowhere 1 comment
Still dusty and dry
In the desert it’s hot
Vultures circle above
The mountains sweep up
Soft breeze at mid-day
A shadow network
I cut down an agave stalk
High on the ridge-side
Pools Of Sorrow, Waves Of Joy 2 comments
This time of year Tanuri Ridge is brightened with yellow Palo Verde blossoms under beautiful spring skies. This posting first appeared April 2014 with the poem, “Our Neighborhood — Trying to Reason,” which includes the line “pools of sorrow waves of joy” from the Beatles song, “Across the Universe.”
“Waves of Joy” — Image by kenne
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD — TRYING TO REASON
We traverse these streets,
sometimes early in the morning,
sometimes late in the day,
sometimes walking,
sometimes running —
always for a reason.
We wave at passersby,
sometimes we greet them,
sometimes it’s just a smile
sometimes we stop and talk,
sometimes walking together,
always for a reason.
We have neighborly expectations,
sometimes it’s watering plants,
sometimes it’s calling the ill,
sometimes it’s being complimentary,
sometimes it’s being watchful,
always for a reason.
We can be a convivial people,
sometimes we go out together,
sometimes we party together,
sometimes we join clubs together,
sometimes we share community work,
always for a reason.
We can be adversaries,
sometimes our expectations are not real,
sometimes we overreact,
sometimes we take reactions personally,
sometimes power is polarized, frustration generalized,
always for a reason.
We can be Pleasantville,
sometimes we are without color,
sometimes we are in pools of sorrow,
sometimes we are in waves of joy,
sometimes drifting through my open mind,
always for a reason.
— kenne
“Pools of Sorrow” — Image by kenne
Spring Break at Sabino Creek Leave a comment
Spring Break at Sabino Creek — Image by kenne
Children enjoy their
Spring break at Sabino creek
I turn and go back.
— kenne
Little Guy High In The Sky 1 comment
Anna’s Hummingbird, Tanuri Ridge, Arizona — Image by kenne
Little guy
high in the sky
I know
you see me
as I pass by
darting down
near me for a
closure look
only to quickly
move on by.
— kenne
The Final Belief . . . Leave a comment
Desert Hibiscus — Image by kenne
“The final belief
is to believe in a fiction,
which you know to be a fiction,
there being nothing else.
The exquisite truth
is to know that it is
a fiction and that
you believe in it willingly.”
— Wallace Stevens
Ocotillo Sun Leave a comment
Ocotillo Sun — Digital Art by kenne
The ocotillos
are in bloom
all over the desert,
their red flame
lost only when
inline with the sun.
— kenne
Digital Art — Swallowtail Butterfly 1 comment
Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly — Digital Painting by kenne
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart —
Try to love the questions themselves.
Do not now seek the answers which cannot be given
Because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is . . . To live everything.
Live the question now.
Perhaps you will then gradually (without noticing it)
Live along some distant day into the answer.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
