Molinete

when you will wear the shawl

which i have given you,

it won't be yards of silk 

minutely embroidered,

it won't be a garment

to keep away the cold,

might not even be an

instrument of power,

though the color charcoal

may have suggested that...

when you wear the shawl

which i have given you,

i will be dancing first

to your side and then front,

holding on to your arm

for balance and support,

giving you your dance space

so that you can flourish,

then you can draw in my

arms all around you.......

The molinete (in Tango) describes the grapevine

 steps that the women takes around the man as he

 is performing any variation of giro

this poem was written in March 2010, i believe

Tumi Bolo

Tumi Bolo 1

The sea had spoken
Waves crusted with white,
In Arabian
While it is her night

The sea is in flow
Over to land's end,
Her hand as cover
She closes her eyes


Tumi Bolo 2


Speak to me of that life,
Of banana leaves green,
Ponds floating lotuses,
The speak of the rui fish

Speak to me of daylight,
Of windows in our house,
Marble in noir et blanche,
Drone of the afternoon

Speak to me of temples,
Of the day of Jhulon,
What were you doing then
while it was getting late?


Tumi Bolo 3


Ought not you sleep? The candle
Flame burns, fire in the wall,
Fire in the white glass panes,
Luminescence within me

Ought not you sleep? When you come
Red of the night will be caught,
Spider dancing in the web,
Somnolesence within me


Tumi Bolo 4


I can hear when you don't speak
The waterfall chuckles, the
Rising wind, the solid earth
Pit in their proxies for you,
Crackles in the fireplace
Join the chatter of gas pipes,
A grand symphony of all
Five elements lend you your
Vociferous eloquence


Tumi Bolo 5


Did you really say it
Or was the summer strong,
My imagination
Dashing?  The universe
Is in neutral, neither
Moons of the month have said,
If you did, it was good,
Their silence deafens me

Laguna Beach

the sea in its majesty

humbles our sense of littleness,

the waves return us again

to the majesty within,

i have found particular

waves in this immensity,

i have found my own true love

in a breathless universe,

my love is a constant wave

abreast a body of time,

i have found total stillness

inside relentless movement

2010, November

Dawn

unbroken beauty of the sea

is like my love

as the night is gone

sun rises where You Are.

Laguna Beach, 2010