Monday, December 21, 2009

Bob Arnold's


ON WHICH~WAY TRAIL



















[ a selection ]




DAY



It's simple —

Birds sunrise

Birds sunset










HABITAT



Nobody around —

but a million

trees










UP IN THE AIR



We'll I'll be —

Finishing the ridge cap roofing job

An ant walks toward me










ALL AT ONCE



Is my love for her really that vast
or is the heart-shaped onion she


brings to my hand at the grocery cart
really that beautiful?










THE GARDEN



I see her out a window the one I love
She sees me and smiles


Looks at me
Again and smiles


Really, she was leaning to look
At the start of spring lettuce











IN DEEP GREEN WOOD



barely snow

ing



as I

bare-

ly



watch


















BEING HUMAN



Seeing this —

let me today


if only for a

few moments


twirl like

this autumn


leaf, midair

just like


that, with-

out a care











LOCAL



Spring snow melt—

River rushing through

One ear and out the other











LAUGHING



three boys

run in the

snow


and a

big dog

follows


returning

with a mitten

in its mouth










SUDDENLY MISSISSIPPI



he lost a

lucky rabbit's

foot, green with

a key-chain in

Greenwood, MS

so returning to

find it wait-

ress brought

it to us on

a tray











DESTINATION



through thin

motel walls

we meet










THE WORLD ON A PERFECT DAY



All day it rains a steady rain

We can't work in the garden and fields

We hear the birds

While we wait for the rain to end

The rain never ends

We watch the rain in the trees

We are surrounded by woods

We make love at lunch




for SEA





photos © bob arnold






[from "On Which~Way Trail" by Bob Arnold] ~ that and more at Longhouse