thanks to all who have stopped by

todays poem comes from Humbly, I Offer These Awkward Poems - unpublished (and temporarily at least) discarded manuscript (well, it was accepted once upon a time, but you knew that if you've been reading all along ....)

i also worked up a few more poems for future updates last night. so if i use them all, i have enough for a month or more of updates before i need to go back into the dusty piles. i want to thank everyone who has taken the time to stop by and read these poems and especially thank all who have taken the time to post some comments.

off to work on night shift this week (plus an extra night of overtime) so i probably won't update until mid to late next week. Anyway - thanks again to all who have taken the time to stop by and read the poetry. take care ya'all- until we meet again a bit later .......



AMETHYST

i walk the alluvial fan valley
in search of amethyst.
i chip rocks. no necklaces result.
merely scabbed fingers you
would not caress anyway.

a love-sick cowboy on the speakers
of a worn out pickup truck:
the old man behind the wheel warns
that thunder in the mountains means
flash floods in these dusty creek beds.

i acknowledge his concern with a wave.
i know nothing of these mountains
other than rocks hold the key
to forgiveness,
the amethyst for your dark skin.
i stumble & curse the boulders,
the sun & the rains that do not arrive.

brown lizard on a black rock
is unconcerned with my personal remorse.
i scrutinize holes where rattlers surely sleep.
they have their own suffering.

in my pockets no gems,
no love in broken rock, in broken hearts.
in the dark distant skies, i hear thunder
echo off rim rock, where i am certain eagles nest.