You May Be Wondering
You may be wondering
Why I called you all together
On this fine evening
More than six billion strong
When everyone knows
That more people make more problems.
A modest gathering would have been nice
A comfortable size
But six billion, megacities bursting at the seams?
What possible good can come from this?
Unless…Something New is waiting to emerge
In six billion hearts
Six billion Answers, starting softly
A beautiful concert, so many voices
Distinct tones, unexpected harmonies.
A Universal Human Nation.
-Paul Tooby
SNAPSHOTS
Awestruck
Exquisite, brilliant, sea-swept, cragginess,
crisp, vibrant, blue aqua marine, fading in and out
of sudsy crests and profound turquoise beauty.
The stark power of raw color blinds me with it's intensity.
It was a breathtaking ride, the ocean and jagged coastline beckoned us...
The Open Road
Green sign-age floating by us on spindly legs,
announce our arrival and departure as they recede
into the infinity of our past.
Bumpy and jostling; soft drafts breezing through our open traveling windows...
Expanses of ugly fast food and used car franchises, sprinkled by incongruous
quaint pink arches covered in orange terra cotta curling tiles,
And the ubiquitous, ever present, pole topped palm trees, in rows everywhere,
like so many hollywood housewives having a bad hair day.
This was Ventura...
Silly Animals - San Simeon
The sleek, grey, torpedo shaped blob,
one among a multitude of sunning roly poly others,
nonchalantly flips wet sand onto his back
in the brilliance at ocean's edge.
Limpid pools of shining depth stare back at us with utter unconcern,
as if to say, "and who are you standing there, invading my domain".
Seals are funny ...
Elephant Feet!
The ancient elephant footed palm trees ride by us,
Solid presences amidst the bustle of an LA afternoon sidewalk,
Our van, a passing, silent witness to their incongruity.
Erika Teahan
4-12-08
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