career choice

05.10.06

shocked young apprentice
shown old weaver's gnarled hands
re-thinks career choice

work break

05.09.06

young filly takes break
rolls around on dusty ground
rid rider's saddle

black mountain

05.08.06

ice gathers in grooves
amidst the snow, black as coal
sheer mountain of rock

thistle plant

05.07.06

thistle plant blooms stars
twinkling mud crack caked ground
defiant of drought

tradition street

05.05.06

procession of silks
twirling dancers on paved street
city traditions

worries

05.04.06

wrinkled with life's work
sun-beat woman stops holds rock
worries lines in face

photo

05.03.06

photo treasury
prayer cards stacked read aloud
by grief-stricken man

prayer wheel

05.02.06

prayer wheel held firm
in patient, wrinkled death's grip
muttering till end

moon waits

05.01.06

waxing moon perches
apex of red rock cliffs carved
waiting for sunset

sands shadow

04.30.06

sun shines on sand slants,
brown, red, black grains blend, desert
mountain meets shadow

guard post

04.29.06

deserted guard post
witnesses more snow covered
travelers depart

math book

04.28.06

tattered school text book
passed along generations
sharing equations

like a painting

04.27.06

color dabbed as leaves
each tree varies hue and shade
placed by paint brush strokes

musician

04.26.06

lanky man stands by
sole tree amidst town's stacked rocks
strumming on vina

prayer

04.25.06

hillside monk rolls beads
between fingers soothingly
prays for sun's warm touch

solitary eye

04.24.06

solitary eye
stares into solid blackness
provides only light

solitary eye

04.24.06

solitary eye
stares into solid blackness
provides only light

flare

04.23.06

reaching thin blue streak
flaming from flare propped in tin
can, worn and dented