Mystical blue in 2020

Mystical blue in 2020

Xs and clouds against beautiful blue Wonders Lost – Dreams Regrown We were all so excited when the U.S. landed the first man on the moon. Today, the notion of sending someone to the moon is barely a blip on entertainment meters. Begs the question, what does excite us...
Turkey totem g’bye to 2019

Turkey totem g’bye to 2019

I drew the turkey totem yesterday. Here we are at the end of 2019 and that funny looking creature pops up to impart wisdom. It’s been an awful year. Somehow it makes sense that a weird bird with weird features would offer gifts. Also because I too am funny looking and...

Blend rather than mix

    A young man in northern New Mexico talked about his family’s seven generations on their ranch. All the way back to the Spaniards. His ancestry also includes Native tribes. The cultures coming together across the generations. I used the word “mixed” He...

About to . . .

Water goes quiet just before it boils Young children look like clowns just before they wail I Am that moment of transition Not fully here Yet not arrived there That moment of waiting and acting at the same time poetry and photo by Grace Lightfoot...

Pineapple for the Women with Beautiful Hair

Kids from ranches and barrios. Border Patrol kids and State of Texas kids. Shoe salesman kids and plumber and welder and seamstress kids. And in my school room, I never saw an apple on a teacher’s desk. I never saw a kid give my teacher an apple. Doesn’t mean it...

Neighbor in the Nighttime

That raccoon calls every night For many nights Maybe weeks Its soft trilled story travels the night Tells everything in my heart Touches wounds and happy memories Together Every night It sits in the same place. Talks Every night I lie in the same bed. Listen And wish...