Tag Archives: spring

Dancing With Dragons; Overcoming Angels

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Mark Matzeder

There are spring afternoons when the Sky is a crisp, azure linen that Zephyrus spreads over earth’s four corners as fluffy cirrus and cumulus and cirrocumulus clouds tumble like a litter of kittens across it. It’s a blue too bright … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archery, brigantine, contemplation, Fishing, flying, history, imagination, kite, life, midwest, musings, Nature, spring | Leave a comment

Topiary

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Mark Matzeder

The pair of yoga pants Across the street Display themselves Stretched over taut musculature Flexing to yard work and Occasionally Turning away To bend and pluck Weeds from the cracks In the sidewalk. I think they are Signaling My brush … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged courtship ritual, fashion, mating season, metaphor, NaPoWriMo, Nature, plants, poem, seasons, spring, style, yoga pants | Leave a comment

A Spin of the Wheel

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Mark Matzeder

The daffodils Burst through the ground Weeks ago Their rich, green, leafy stalks Perennially pushing aside The grains of dirt And soil Struggling sun-ward Long, sinuous stems Strengthening daily Conspiring with Spring To smuggle a palette Of petals Into my … Continue reading →

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Printemps

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Mark Matzeder

This morning Gaea bathed Herself in April’s showers, Stepped forth clean, And now basks— Naked to the world, Her skin a glistening wet And yet, her hair ‘ahinting flowers— Waiting for Old Sol’s arrival Waiting for his rays to dry … Continue reading →

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Persephone’s Homecoming

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Mark Matzeder

The Vernal Equinox occurred at a few minutes before noon, my time, yesterday. Astronomically, the equinox is that point in earth’s orbit around the Sun when the equatorial plane passes the center of the Sun. At that point, … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged Astronomy, Babylon, civilization, domes, equinox, evolution, Genesis, Hebrew, history, Kansas City Missouri, language, Mesopotamia, metaphor, myth, mythology, Nature, Poetry, Psalms, rain, religion, science, scripture, seasons, sky, spring | Leave a comment

Aloft, Alift, Aluft

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Mark Matzeder

I took my kite out for its first flight of the season this afternoon. I took it to our usual place. On the south edge of Blue Springs Cemetery a huge, grassy field slopes down to Highway 40. … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings, Poetry | Tagged Blue Springs Cemetery, cemetery, draco, dragon, kite, Poetic Underground, Poetry, Sparkle Princess, spring, Uptown Arts Bar | Leave a comment

A Friday Afternoon in the Park

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Mark Matzeder

Memorial day weekend. I got off early, this afternoon. Duane, the Lead Man on the job I’m working, is taking his family out of town for the holiday so wanted to get an early start. We left … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged afternoon, Blue Springs, evolution, Fleming Park, geese, ice cream, library, Memorial Day, morning, park, photography, Poetry, poetry reading, Rotary Park, spring | Leave a comment

Enchanting

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Mark Matzeder

I took a dandelion wand today And wafted wide a swath of fluff My Spell Fell Like parachutes upon the lawn. The man who lives there Might think that they’re weeds But I see seeds Vitality And Life.

Posted in Poetry | Tagged dandelion, flowers, musings, spell, spring | 1 Comment

Dream Alone

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Mark Matzeder

I had an unusually vivid dream last night. Normally I don’t remember my dreams. I know there are sleep studies that indicate everyone dreams, even if we don’t remember them. Some time ago I decided that when I remember my … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings | Tagged anima, creativity, dream, dream analysis, Gematra, Jung, meaning, nightmare, numerology, reflections, spring, unconscious | Leave a comment

Dancing on the Wind

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Mark Matzeder

It was Anna, my first wife, who initiated me into the joy of flying kites. Of course, like probably every middle class boy in America in the 1960s, I had my experiences with those cheap paper kites. You know the … Continue reading →

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