Caressed by the wind,
the flames dance
above the candles,
each flame to its own rhythm:
each flame representing
God’s beloved children,
gone too soon,
taken too suddenly
by hot metal speeding from a metal tube,
after a trigger was pulled.
Back pressed into the wall,
I sat vigil,
watching the dancing flames
in horror,
in pain,
in remembrance,
in silent witness.
No more could I do.
More is needed.
24 August 2024
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Category Archives: New Mexico
Vigil
Filed under Gun Violence, Human Rights, New Mexico, Poem
Storm
I wait and watch, write and wonder
as birds fly above the field
and clouds gather over Pedernal.
The wind increases,
freshening the air,
rustling the leaves of the trees,
whipping through what little hair I have.
I retreat to the
cover of the dining hall
as the wind increases,
the birds disappear
the temperature dips
and large drops of water
plummet from the sky
and plop on the ground
bringing and renewing life.
23-24 August 2024
Ghost Ranch
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Filed under New Mexico, Poem
11 August 2024
Walking. Schnitzelburg. Germantown.
Manganese -Thelonious Monk
Governor O.K. Allen – Lead Belly
Carolyn’s Concerto – The Chieftains
Chesapeake Bay – Edith O.
Monkey – Toots & The Maytals
Feel this Way Again – Indigo Girls
Two Medicine – Jack Gladstone & Rob Quist
Soul Driver – Bruce Springsteen
Canto Das Tres Racas – Clara Nunes
The Heart Gently Weeps – Wu Tang Clan
princess peach – Shawn Wasabi
Upgrade U – Beyoncé
Exactly How I Feel – Lizzo, feat. Gucci Mane
Brave – Sara Bareilles
Thursday – Jim Croce
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Albuquerque, Worship Service
Mississippi Queen – Mountain
Bad Luck – B.B. King
Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
Filed under Exercise, Louisville, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Purple flowers, guest collection #249
24 April 2024
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lucy Koenig-Reinke
Filed under Family, New Mexico, Photo
26 April 2024
Walking. Albuquerque
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Hot Pants – James Brown
All the Ways I Want You – Bruce Cockburn
Blues Before Sunrise – John Lee Hooker
Get Next to Me – Arthur Adams & B.B. King
Get Together – Indigo Girls
You Cause as Much Sorrow – Sinead O’Connor
Anna Lee – Levon Helm
A Part of Us – Once on This Island
Bad News Ain’t No News at All – Redbone
We Shall Overcome – Joan Baez
Do You Remember? – Eartha Kitt & Henri Rene
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
25 April 2024
Walking. Albuquerque
ANZAC Day.
Waltzing Matilda – Seona McDowell
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – The Pogues
Anzac Day – Glen Moffatt
Anzac Parade – Ann-Maree Keefe
Anzac Dawn – Katy Soljak
In the Silence – Glyn Lehmann
Mothers Daughters Wives – Judy Small
On Every Anzac Day – John Schumann and The Vagabond Crew
Spirit of the Anzacs – Lee Kernaghan, Guy Sebastian, Sheppard, Jon Stevens, Jessica Mauboy & Shannon Noll
I Was Only 19 – Redgum
For Auld Land Syne! Australia Will Be There – Michael Halliwell & David Miller
Lost Soul – Eric Bogle
Diggers of the Anzac (This Is Gallipoli) – John Williamson
Advance Australia Fair – The Aussie Bush Band
God Defend New Zealand – The Royal New Zealand Navy Band
The Last Post – Band Of The Royal Regiment Of New Zealand Artillery
Filed under Exercise, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 