26 October 2012

22 October 2012

twilight


Twilight field
I see the small blue light
On the tractor. 



21 October 2012

bag



Beautiful morning! 
A plastic bag
Perched in a tree.


19 October 2012

Autumn


Of myself
A refection,
Autumn morning.


17 October 2012

16 October 2012

feet


Each morning
My father's feet
Wave to me.



12 October 2012

fire


Chimney talk
Around first fire
Of Autumn.



07 October 2012

crocus


The crocus huddle
Under the fig tree-
Autumn rain.


06 October 2012

05 October 2012

Away


Unlike the cat
The frog jumps 
Away.


04 October 2012

policeman


So excited today
I waved at
The policeman!


01 October 2012

kissing


All morning spent
Kissing dandelions-
The white butterfly.


30 September 2012

deer


As surprised as I
The deer
In the field.


21 September 2012

oak


Applauding 
The south wind-
Platane leaves.


20 September 2012

write


Watching clouds today,
Thinking about a haiku
To write tonight.


15 September 2012

cat


From window sill
Its all the same to cat
If leaves twirl or drop.




14 September 2012

regret


Autumn regret
Is switching from short pants 
To long.




10 September 2012

fog


It takes 
All morning
For the fog to lift.


for camera lovers

08 September 2012

hangover


Church bells,
Thank God I don't have 
A hangover.




07 September 2012

06 September 2012

sex


I fell in love with sex
A woman said
At the park.


04 September 2012

sink


Some days all I can do 
Is save spiders
From kitchen sink.



03 September 2012

Mistral


Scattering clouds
The Mistral
Blows its horn.


01 September 2012

finger tips


A horse in the field
Comes over to eat 
My finger tips.


31 August 2012

leaves


Last dance
For some.
The Autumn leaves.


30 August 2012

guests


After the meal
The guests leave
One by one.


26 August 2012

tomato


By moonlight
How lovely 
The tomato plants.

25 August 2012

crows


Ride the crows,
Smell the rain, 
Approaching storm.


24 August 2012

horse


He peed
Just as I was petting him.
The horse.


23 August 2012

Gotta love this gal # 7 (jesus restored to life!)


Botched Restoration of Jesus Fresco Shocks Spain


Naturally, I would love this version 

better than the original! 


(see the article in the New York Times 

about the 80 year old parishioner who 

did the job on her own initiative) 






Arles: #2 Rwanda
















Arles, again.


Here an exhibition by South African based photo-journalist Jonathan Torgovnik which chronicles the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, specifically, the Tutsi women who bore children after being raped by Hutu militiamen. These are portraits of women,(with their children), whose bodies were brutalized, often over and over again during those few months of barbary. They are moving portraits which reduced the exhibition space to the sound of whispered murmurs and shuffling shoes. It's a tale of extreme poverty and of survivors who bore and raised children not wished for. Its also about how they are still coming to terms with what happened, and how many of them have learned to love these children eventually.

A text accompanies each photo describing how it happened for each woman. 

Curiously, in America, at this very moment we have politicians who actually use the term 'legitimate rape', whether by accident or slip.





21 August 2012

swallows


Isn't it swell
To watch swallows
This morning?


18 August 2012

foot


Morning adoration,
A massive horsefly
Works my foot.


15 August 2012

sunflower


Not one frown
In the sunflower field
This morning.


13 August 2012

wrinkles


Seeing an old friend,
Comparing his wrinkles
With mine.


12 August 2012

frog


For the stars!
A lone frog 
Beeping tonight.


11 August 2012

butterflies


I can't even count
The white butterflies, 
The morning field.


06 August 2012

hawk


Taut
The telephone line
And the midday hawk.


04 August 2012

neighbors


The neighbor's cat
Comes in through my window,
Leaves by the door.


03 August 2012

bamboo


The bamboo shoot
Stops running 
At the field.



02 August 2012

love


The moon's in love,
I can always tell:
Her golden skin.