Intricate Psalms

Photo: Brian Federle, Sun in Clouds, Hawaii 2016

Clearing the tallest

eve of the big house,

the sun overwhelms.

Then the mockingbird chants

intricate psalms —

All praise to the

lord of the sky

and with glory

fill the land!

Rockville Road

soft sweep

of gentle hills

fallow fields

famished

for black seed

worked earth

glistening

in late rain

listening

to songs of

spring

as every

narrow

furrow

waits

(20 July 2013)

El Nino

Vincent Van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, 1890 

fill your heart

with rush of rain,

open your palms

to receive

new life

for your heart

of winter!

oh, see how

the birds

fiercely sing

my love!

(5 January 2016)

   

Fountain at San Damiano

Splashing like diamonds

water fills the bowl

spills to cool shallows

to darting larvae,

fetal tadpole.

A river falls

drawing grace

 to darker pools

where pensive koi

deep waters

peruse.

(4 June 2013)

wild mustard

Mustard and Mt. St. Helena • acrylics on panel • 8"x10" • © 2013 Karen Lynn Ingalls

(Used with permission of the artist)  www.KarenLynnIngalls.com

spring hills, green peaks laced

with strokes of gold - waving flame;

the wild mustard flows