morning haiku in a new home

ByKymberlee March 30, 2011

fierce wind dances with wetness
warm coffee on tongue,
a jet pushes through the sky

bricolage project day 17 [joy!]

ByKymberlee October 17, 2015August 26, 2017

The word of the day is joy! from my well-loved copy of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Today’s bricolage is a little video from a walk I took with my older daughter today. I love the way the water in the creek has a kind of woven, herringbone pattern. She and I sat and…

mommy love

ByKymberlee March 5, 2011

Today, when she was telling me how hard things are, I just listened and listened some more with my ears and my heart. I was quiet. Then I told her, “I hear you. This is hard. I love you. I just love you so much.” And she was quiet. Then she cried. And something deep…

photography | poetry | self-excavation

New Directions

ByKymberlee September 4, 2007

Outside there is a thin wind flirting with the trees it has teased the curtains into dancing; I keep time in my head. Memorizing the seasons, I touch things as if my fingers will learn them again; weary of explanations, at mid-life I am more comfortable with the truth. Outside, the mountain ash hangs heavy…

healing | photography | poetry

the storm was you

ByKymberlee May 6, 2012

you said you worried about me that i seemed like i was on a boat heading into a storm alone (then you left) it turns out the storm was you and the rainbows come without you

Spirit of Delight! [for Duke]

ByKymberlee January 9, 2011

Song by Kymberlee della Luce That’s me reading this fabulous poem by Shelley. I do not have good sound recording equipment but I wanted to share this anyway. I recorded it for my friend, Duke, who shares my love of poets from antiquity. I love to read poetry aloud for my friends but I don’t…

photography | quotes | the delicious now

today

ByKymberlee February 8, 2011

I see the Past, Present, and Future existing all at once before me.” – William Blake Today the crocuses opened to the sun like a lover. Today the sun kissed my skin sweetly. Today I ripped muscles and danced with joy. Today I took exquisite care of myself. Today I stayed warm and hydrated. Today…

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