SISTER FARM SERIES 2000

Tentative Tree/Dominic/Serenidad 

Tentative Tree

Yoga 

high up

at dawn 

standing in the 

Asana of Tree

and seeing the 

tops of cedar elm

out the window

Grateful 

for the miracle

of being alive 

healthy

strong

enough 

to stand with

one leg up

like a flamingo

arms outstretched to 

the open hill country

fingertips reaching 

for the heavens above

feelings 

emerge at the edges

of an imperfect stance

and from my current life station

un/employed 

and swaying to the 

windy currents of desire

and expectations

jobless yet with 

so much to do 

in that posture of 

willingness 

if nothing else

to hold me up

along with strength from the love 

and kindness of friends

who embrace 

my tired limbs.

7/21/00-SisterFarm

Boerne, TX

DOMINIC AT 4:16 AM

I’m in the middle of 

A really good dream 

Don’t you understand?

Sleeping in the nun’s room

And tossing with 

Menopausal fury

And then you come along

With a plaintive

MEOOWWW!!!

And my right hand reaches out 

to pet thick

fur and rub grateful

purring head

hoping

it’s enough to calm 

you for another hour

or so because

right now 

you darn

sweet cat

I’m too dead tired

to drag myself 

to the kitchen

and check out 

the finicky condition

of water, bowl or 

needy disposition

that brings you

into Act 1, Scene 2

of my nightly melodrama

the stories of my life

pulled out from under

the pillow of my aging 

desperation 

and replayed for the 

hundredth time again

and now that I think 

of it

your MEOWWW

came along

just at the right 

time. 

Boerne, TX – 7/21/00   

SERENITY/SERENIDAD

It is simple

Es sencillo

Dormir bien bajo las estrellitas 

A good sleep

under 

a canopy of stars

Respirando  los aires del campo noche y día 

Breathing warm earthen-scented air

at the day’s beginning

and in the middle of 

a chirping filled country night

La barriga llena de frutas, hierbas y verduras 

A belly filled with

fresh herbs, fruits 

and vegetables

Gifts from the loving hands

of talented gardeners

women graced with living

the feminine principle 

Regalos de las jardineras de la Diosa 

Viviendo bajo el orden natural y feminino

Dándole á  y recibiendo de

 la  tierra bondadosa

of giving and receiving from

the land 

Trabajando y enriqueciendo

Los terrenos con las aguitas

 y el sudor

de una cara sonriente

toiling and feeding the roots

with moisture from 

drip drip dripping waters

and the gently falling 

sweat of the happy brow. 

7/23/00 

Boerne, TX