Clouds over the bay

Breath of the ocean
woven by the wind's combing
brush strokes in the sky.

CJM
Gorliz, December 2012

Tide on the swollen river

Swollen waters butt
the incoming tide, the race
whirls into black holes.

CJM
El Nervión, December 2012

Autumn rain

Round pools of leaf-fall,
yellow, orange, under trees,
rain returns to earth.

 CJM
Green Park, November 2012

Dill in autumn mist

In the morning mist
feathery green stems are bright
with ten thousand beads.

CJM
Swiss Alps, October 2012

Low tide on the strand

Sand where wavelets flowed
is lamina of sunlight
mirroring the sky.

CJM
La Vega, summer 2012


Slipping back, the sea
furls with each incoming wave
a moment, subsides.

CJM
La Vega, summer 2012

Late snow in spring

Snow on plum blossom,
white on white, is crystal flower,
crystal droplet soon.

CJM
Swiss Alps, April 2012

Snow on trees

Snow pencils the trees
delicate white, copying
life with frozen lines.

CJM
Switzerland, February 2012

The mountain in winter

From dark, cthonic rock
purity of ice suspends
each earthbound drop.

Chemin suisse, février 2012
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Turning tide

Gliding landwards, tongues
of sea, cream-edged, enfold each
silent, rounded rock.

La Vega, January 2012

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Sea-surge

High rearing seas leap,
curl, shatter on foaming rocks
with thunderous blows.

Punta 'l Pozu, January 2012

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Breakers in the bay

Sunlit, radiant white
chargers, racing to shore, toss
silver manes of spray.

Santa Marina, January 2012

Rising tide on the river

Dulled mercury once
was ocean, now winter tide
nudging river's flow.

El Nervión, December 2011

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Squall on the ocean

Rain curtains the sea,

Black winds pressing on the storm.

Behind, a rainbow.

 

Sopelana, December 2011

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Wind on water

Over the wide sea
flies a wind, brushing, curving,
a swift with dark wings.

Sopelana, November 2011

As water falls

Mere sound of water
upon stone, stone on water,
sounding water, stone.

Lutour, summer 2011

Cascade blown aside
flies not falls, is vapour now,
a moment only.

Pyrenees, summer 2011

After mountain rain

After mountain rain
a crystal drop is captured,
stilled, in cup of green.

CJM, Gave de Lutour, April 2011