Kathabela tending the Poetry Garden at Caltech
Feb 8 (4 on a hike)
lured off-trail
by whispers...
secret waterfall
mountain hike
I walk while I write
on the edge
first creek crossing
on the easy trail
hip-high
like a mountain goat
is it a compliment
...my hiking style
Feb 9&10 (3 glaciers & a garden)
Feb 10 (garden)
thinking out loud
a garden
on her head
Feb 9 (glacier)
still blooming
on the edge
glacier lily
glacier bear
even in my dreams
your blue fur
drifting snow
mountains ahead seem to glide
towards me
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Feb 11 (4 in the woods)
lost in the woods
the scent of evergreen
on abandoned paths
our walk ...eyes closed
in the rainy woods
rising warmth
first blush
on our hike in the woods
one red leaf
climbing before us
on our slow woodland climb
stair-step moss *
*It is possible to estimate the age of a plant by counting the steps - a new level being produced
each year.
Feb 12 (4 for the river)
playing with marbles from Carrara
...Tuscan river
windswept islands
of the Susquehanna
how you left us
frozen...
our warmth
along the river
ship in a bottle
my paper boat
of words
Feb 13 (4 in the shade)
up shady lane
even the trees
hold hands
why open my eyes
to find the shade
magnolia
painting the sky
with hummingbirds
shady botttlebrush
monuments to shade
old stone benches
placed just so
Feb 14 (4 harbored)
white beach stone
shaped like a sail...
my pocket harbor
scattering ash
in sight of the harbor
last white bone
Philadelphia harbor
face of Dali falling down
the museum steps
two ships
just built at harbor
we take sail
Harbor on the Adriatic Sea, Trieste. View from our nightly dinner place during the conference, 2012
