Poems to Foster Beauty
from Cosetta Romani
River
The river would be silent
if it didn’t meet
the stone people along the path.Instead it strikes
marvelous conversations
with stones of all size,
shaping a singing refrain:Don’t hold
Go down
Free flow
Flow now.I go to the river
to wash my stories
to find stillness
in the movement.
Ask A Tree
Ask a cedar, a maple, an olive tree
how to stand strong when
the winds of loss
will whip you down.Ask a redwood,
a eucalyptus, or a palm tree
how to grow taller than
your disappointments.Ask a chestnut,
a cherry, a jungle tree how to lean
into light and grow
slanting arms of love.Ask a blooming tree
about the beauty
of your bearing
stillness.Ask conifers
how to preserve
your gifts and talents
all year round.Ask an alder tree
how you can bridge
your need to root
and flow.
Ask large-bodied trees
how to halt
your doing
and rest in being.Ask the forest about
the freedom of diversity
and the power
of its oneness.Ask any tree how
to let go of your need to know
and whirl like leaves
with death’s wind.Ask a log
how to burn
for others
with such love.Ask a tree
all your questions.
Then wait.Wait.
Wait.
Ocean Love
Here
at the beach
where the weatheris always right,
I find
my breath
growing fuller,feet
sinking
deeper.I bow to the ocean
and step on her skirt,
she gives a cold flapthat resurrects
the stream
in my heart.With long arms
she pulls me closer
to her breaststo wash the stress
that steals
my zest,splashing
her giant belly
over my crowncrashing strings of thoughts,
buckets of moods
and shoulds and wrongs.This water is my mother,
no wonder her tears are
as salty as mine.
Nowness
It is a new day
to step outside with
feet bare
hands empty
jaw unclutched
eyes soft
nostrils open.I exhale a bow
of reverence
to the dazzling sun
whose presence
purifies
my character
perpetually.And who else is feeding me
with freshness
while living with old collectibles?Two hummingbirds
playing acrobats with the sky
for my amusement.
Emerald Breath
Poems to Foster Beauty
By Cosetta Romani
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