Lighthouse Poems for the New Year

What Really Matters on a Rocky Island

 

 

Let's not plan a formal luncheon

Hotdogs & buns, just the ticket.

This is the fourth day of sunshine

& it’s January! Rejoice!

So let’s pile high the dry driftwood,

these twigs, those branches, that cedar.

Let’s make a strong hot fire, yes,

& for dessert, some clementines.

Let’s toast both eagles cuddled up

out on the reef towards Japan.

Another toast?

Yes, please.

winter sun

cedar smoke

eagle love

you & me

shining through

The Cautious Mussel-Pickers: Kouta I

This month has an “r” in it

so we venture forth;

rockbound quarry clings, silent.

We clutch plastic bags.

The Reluctant Diners: Kouta II

Vermouth? I suggest. With broth?

Thyme strewn across blue-black shells

(the steam alone makes us drool)

still, we hesitate...