the secret life of birds.

birds fill the air
in a silent swoop
of ten thousand feathers

so fastidious, those birds…
they gather their prey
and their gossip,
dissolving the days
in circular flight

in the streets below
filled to the brim
with mice and with men
they choose the one-ways
rather than roundabouts

so peculiar, those mammals…
always racing forward
never facing forward
just looking up
at the birds above
wishing
for those wings




peace.
-lise.

"the true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing" - Asimov

 new puppies make you feel like a kid again.

found this little guy on my wall the other day.

he let me take a few soft light portraits before I let him outside.

almost ambidextrous...

random but totally necessary Isaac Brock picture

a new poem.

they sing a song to me-

the trees, I mean

softly they hum verses

of beauty and family

I smile and sit down

at my grandparents’ feet

peace.
-lise.

an old poem.

I can’t take this suspense, damn your impuissance.
And damn mine, too. Oh, what I feel - if only you knew!
But instead, where are we? Trapped in this stalemate,
useless weaponry clenched; each soul landlocked
in a parallel trench. We sit side by side, yet miles away,
and we watch and we wait, in a cautious impasse.
Will either encroach? How long must this last!
Please let’s jump out, and cut through the barbed wire,
I don’t want to win battles; it’s just you I desire.
I’m breathless and weary… I can’t fight anymore.
I thought all was fair in love and in war?

I wrote this almost a year ago. I never posted it because I believe private poems retain a sense of power that published poems can never have. But it seemed time to let this one free. Enjoy the weekend :)

peace.
-lise.

alligator.

peace.
-lise.

evolution is beautiful.

you are wherever your thoughts are.

Where are yours?


peace.
-lise.

float like a bee.

I stand on the shore
of an endless, silent pool
and skip a stone
a pallid gem
cast away, out
into the unknown

minutes ebb, and minutes flow
but where
do all those minutes go?

Once I get my camera back I'll post some sketches and photos, but until then you'll have to put up with my amateur poetry and current music obsessions.

peace.
-lise.

tree of life.

Sometimes I forget that the human species is just a little spec amongst the vast diversity of life. I could click through these clades all day and still only have an insignificant inkling of the variety of Earth's organisms.

peace.
-lise.

fire it up, cowboy dan.

peace.

-lise.

P.s. There's one four leaf clover somewhere in the second sketch.

P.p.s. Don't try to eat them, Aly.

what people are made of.

peace.

-lise.

when I was a kid I saw a light, floating high above the trees one night.

peace.
-lise.

a quiet lament.

dearest bic pen:
emptied,
but remembered
in landscapes
of meaningful ink.



True story.

peace.
-lise.

hello darkness, my old friend.

I've come to talk with you again.

peace.
-lise.

extreme ways.

I'm so obsessed with Moby right now. BEFRIEND THE WEEKEND.

peace.

-lise.

grey ice water.

better late than never?

Pardon the terrible lighting and horribly lame jokes.

peace.

-lise.