Japan haiku I Summer Sendai rain my first home in damp shadows bright Cascade cloudburst. for Ozeki-san Utsunimiya, 4 July, 1996
Thank you
Thank you Dear friends fill my house The ones to live and die with Sun sets, as it should. August, 2003 Following my 50th birthday
Winter
Winter Haiku 1 Vast clear azure sky Blankets of dazzling new snow Winter days like these. 12.20.07
You Are My Tribe
You Are My Tribe I have worked in the outdoor industry for thirty-five years. “Outdoor industry” refers to those businesses and organizations that revolve around and support mountaineering, hiking, climbing, backcountry skiing, mountain biking, trail running, whitewater paddling and related non-motorized, non-lethal wilderness pursuits. In all these years, we’ve never been able to describe what … [read more]
War Record
My War Record For Ian, Athena and Megan The macho presidential “parry and thrust” of the past few weeks with the Democratic leadership demanding an explanation of Bush’s “lost year” in the “Champagne Guard” and the President returning fire with scandalous photos of John rallying with Hanoi Jane in the early 70’s, their “show me … [read more]
Wider
WIDER For Jyl Smith-Cameron 2.8.53 to 10.24.11 Sunday morning in the dark, Tsim Sha Tsui still sleeping, seafood and laundry trucks weave and honk, drivers leading night time lives with Guan Yin images on tea bottles, adorning dash boards. South China sea breeze cools Kowloon alleys. Weary hooker carries regrets and a little cash from … [read more]
