wood and plastic surgery

oh canada

one hot summer night

after the rain

when the clouds parted

to reveal a silver of moon

to the jack in the pulpit

and to all of his friends

and a glistening 

in the canopy

merging with the stars and

the fireflies came in 

from the fields

to dance in the sky

leaving traces 

of light to a

unanimous 

chorus of

delight

oh canada

boatmeal cookies

360º f  

cream

1 lb. butter, preferably unsalted

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup white

4 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

2 tsp. baking soda

add

3 cups whole wheat flour

1 cup walnut pieces

1 1/2 semisweet chocolate chips (optional)

1/2 cup currents  

stir

add 

6 cups large flake oats

flatten with fork

360º f  for about 10 min. 

until as golden brown as you like

boat ends

to be re-imagined

in light of decades 

of development in 

composites

and return the 

bow and stern to

more closely resemble

it's origin 

in the H28

of  L F Herreshoff

june seventh

june 7 2015

“Since humanity, collectively won’t see

 the necessity of preserving the natural environment, 

I’m looking to the intelligence of the biosphere 

for insight”.”

perhaps the image
is of bees dancing
as they do
to spread the news
that it has been
finally recognized
in canada
that neonicitinoids
although good for the
corporate bottom line
are bad for life
as we know it

there was a 

commotion 

up in the trees

jays squawked

as if hard-done-by

smaller birds were

diving at them

i suspected the 

phoebe kids 

were about to fleg

and the jays were

looking for 

an easy kill

the nest above 

my painting wall

is in the shadows

behind the beam

so i got my camera

and they all took flight

right over my head

that night was

warm and humid 

with fire flies

to entertain 

mimicking stars

darting about as they do

companied by the sound

of rain falling in the form

of caterpillar shit

group portrait

       

 


                                                                                                                                                                        

snake tongue, and an orchid perhaps on the third of june