..about Dad, young and married, on the homestead (640 acres, Idaho) trying to convert desert into farmland. An insurance salesman walked out to meet him in the field. Dad declined. The next day a grease fire destroyed the kitchen. Weeks later, too tired and dismayed to tackle the restoration he loaded the family up and went on a mini-vacation (fishing). When he returned a few days later he found his Father and Father in Law had finished the job. A gift. A relief.
fire
Today I Saw
Today I saw a fire beginning that later closed the freeway
Somehow
I am noun made whole
by your verb made flesh
accompany my spring
flower my summer
come to my falls and
envelop my winter
all grass leaps for your laughter
all fires cry for your breath
all trees ache for your mystery
all water boils at our death
soil me with your presence
and cleanse me with your smile
leave me all the better
and stay with me awhile
Where there’s smoke..
Looking from Mountain Home toward Fairfield (Idaho)
master bias leaning 