Waste in waiting
When waste is piled ashills and mountainswe call it land-fillas if land itself is lacking,as if valleys, lakesare voids expecting,for something betterfor a new foundationto be part of something newa […]
Category Archives: poetry
Flower beds
Before the frost returned, spring had been kinder than normal. Though the ground was still frozen Aaron knew that the scent of decomposition from the thawing flowerbeds would fill his […]
Never from flowers
From Pablo Neruda Sonnet 17 (second stanza) You are not a mirror where reflected, I,can affirm myself. You are not a watercolored loveor honeysuckled dusk, never soft as dew; but […]
Sea foam
Restless in sea foamthe mermaids sing,serenadetangled in kelpa summer songcajoling sailors,windrush theminto the surfinto ebb tideinto bitter brineto be lost foreverin the ocean’s gripimmersed in tearsthey sleep,reposing at peacedeep in […]
Opposite acts
To preserve and sustain,to survive and evolve,to conservewe need the courage and wisdom forchanging with seasonsliving today for what worksalso tomorrow,respecting both selvesand our neighborsbe it human or beastbe it […]
Björn Rudbergs writings 