Monday, March 18, 2024

 

The stars brought me folly
tonight
so bright did they call
I couldn't resist
their enchanting display
so I wandered all night
to the very next day
connecting the dots
and accounting them all
my feet are as tired 
as dog stars
but my mind's eye 
is sparkled
my being is lightened
my essence enthralled


Sara Mathews     March 2024
Artwork ~ Duy Huynh 


Monday, February 26, 2024

 


A gypsy wind
blew in
rolled in
like a caravan
music
dancing
swooning the moon
teasing my feet
to follow
follow this tune
of carefree flight
abandon this trudge
from day to day
tie jewels
and ribbons
from toe to hair
shake the soldered chains
we bear
be merry
be light
festoon all cares
and send them burning
into the night


Sara Mathews   February 2024
Joseph Tomanek

Sunday, December 10, 2023

 

How sweet the eve

at the end of the day
when dusk falls from the sky
and the stars stitch neatly in
and a soft breeze nuzzles
the sleepy leaves
and the wild moon climbs
to his lofty crest
and the earth swells up
to the taste of dew
a cooling hand on her brow
and the din and the fiddle
of bird and bee
and their songs of light
have come to rest
how sweet the sound
of the midnight hour
when a hush drifts in
around
and night lies down
to her feathery bower
and the milky clouds
weave an inky sea
and now
how sweet the entirety
to be as one
but a pulse
and a breath


Sara Mathews    December 2023
Photograph by Ingrid Mathews

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

 


This morning brought
a lone goose cry
a wild and poignant
last goodbye
that echoed long behind
and rippled out
to all four corners
of my mind
and nestled down into
my thoughts
it seemed a mournful call
did I imagine him bereaved
I wondered at his solo trip
his absent Vee
could he be scout
or straggler
did he stay back
with hope
and did he pray
like me
for one more chance
for one more day


Sara Mathews   October 2023
Maruyama Okyo

Monday, July 10, 2023

 


This gentle rain
so quiet to the soul
the soft and steady drum
of letting go
each drop
a thought
each bounce upon the ground
implies resilience
each rivulet
a flow
of sweet release
and sky as silver as the sound
requires nothing
but to breathe the air
as sweet communion
one Robin sings
a single note
and takes the morning in
we praise the rain gods
he and I
and offer them
Amen


Sara Mathews    July 10 2023
Artwork ~ Lois Bryan 

Monday, April 24, 2023

 


We're waking up
we're ready
now
yet
how steady falls the rain
that keeps us damply
rooted in
and pleading bleakly
at the sky
just one small nod
a simple wink
a bit of hope
that you are nigh
have look at us
we're drenched
enough
our newborn shoots are cloaked
in grey
our weather boots and hood
are tired
and won't mind being hung
away
come out
come out
your eminence
our salutations wane
don't leave us tremble
let us wait
nor genuflect
in vain  


Sara Mathews     April 2023

Sunday, April 9, 2023

 



Oh good morning
hello
how are we
such a chirp and a chatter
a joyous chorale
it is Spring in the altar
and green on the bough
the sky is aflutter with wing
violets and daffodils
freshen their dress
and crocuses sing
the breeze is a lamb
and the sky is a
lark
and we none can remember
the cold and the dark



Sara Mathews     April 2023