Before the Brush
839: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | September 13, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
again you know when that thing hits it takes your breath away or causes you to grasp the cotton of your tshirt between your clenched hands at your chest with an earnestness you thought had died upon that bed that first time that blood letted anticipation...
838: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | September 11, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it's orange it's yellow it's turning to brown my favorite season falls into the hands of the earth resting there time is my treasure
837: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | September 9, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
one by one they fall no wonder we call it that rather than autumn
836: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | September 7, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
we run around the sun 6 year old skinned knees joyfilled golden locks streaming behind the arms held high was there trouble did I see concern were my moments tempered by the thought of fall a loss a break never and here I am my knees free of broken skin the golden...
835: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | September 5, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
In the world there are those who will ring the phone trilling to their call for your attention you answer though your very depth says to let it go on to the next it takes you advise ideas suggestions opinion you there hold your own the small bird fluttering between...
834: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | September 3, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
be my summer my sand and my strawberry in May be my home my heart my holding place when the earth shakes the world turns the ground falls away into your arms is the place of my freedom my grace my Self
833: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | September 1, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
a poem a day they challenge I take it up on day one like my sword through the trouubled view toward the road ahead each day plink out another line or ten tranversing this road as it weaves and undulates over the terrain of my life this life our life who are we to say...
832: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 30, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it's said it gets easier I am not convinced of this not that it doesn't but that that is the aim if I keep stepping out following the bliss of unpredictable unexpected unplanned that tends to be the trend easy is never arrived at the end of the line it is only ever a...
831: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 28, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
I am running out of time but time does not run out it rolls on a continuous climb then descent never ceasing or so it seems when only really we've not reached the end so keep going
830: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 26, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
she said she was trusting the tea leaves I could see that choice after so much taken away the mystery sometimes is all we can believe in the hoot owl screeching beyond the pane in the morning dove coo as if alarm gently waking the engine prodles on to the next stop...
829: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 24, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
Okay so where were we one thing has become increasingly clear to me you cannot help us it's not that you don't or you don't want to you can't there is a big difference she said she was done I wonder at this finality considering her cry her plea her deep...
828: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 22, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
I thought it was a poem about everything something so close to music held by every sense is there anything more than the taste of summer watermelon crisp soup sharp lemon on the tongue the chirp of tree frogs at 4am the swish of tire on damp roadway just...
827: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 20, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
we are told a lot for instance just now I am angry thinking about family of origin and created and the notion that we find our tribe I get it all of it what angers me is the disconnect the places we can't find common ground creating discord why don't we support each...
826: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 18, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
a little thing like a cricket's chirp or the sway of a newly unfurled zinnia or the touch of soft fur across one's hand or a new bright mop head dunked into a bucket of fresh soapy water on a cool summer morning
825: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 16, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
when the rhythm of the day is from one idea to the next then back again travels taking oneself to far reaching vistas along the culverts and backgrounds between hedgerows and dancing daisies in the breeze the world is still yet also a possible place
824: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 14, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
let the knots in your heart open by themselves with a knife on a lump of butter or marked in the dust with the heel of your shoe tell the world who you are knowing they won't agree but that is alright anyway as long as it's true
823: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 12, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
he said no sorry he hadn't built philanthropy into his retirement portfolio. hedonist
822: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 10, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
Standing on the deck pitching stems spitting pits ripe rich flavor bursting on lips while a crack a bright bridge between my feet and the sky illuminates the air today I will fix some things today I will listen to a friend today I will watch the lightening bugs blink...
821: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 8, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it's changed again the format familiar the access aligned we must alter our way in order to remain on the path if we do not want the thems of this world to take the upper hand and guide us where we have no intention of going
820: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 6, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
so it's like that one day you just know again and again and again but it feels different deeper there is a knowingness you can't explain but all the same it sits there between your ribs buds of wings sprouting ready to carry you away angel
819: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 4, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it's changed again I asked not but it appears I must settle for it for their is no choice
818: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | August 2, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it is vitally important for everyoneat every age to live totheir full potentialotherwise a kind of disintigrationof humanitya dry rota rustsetsin
817: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 31, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it frightened me at firstthough I am trying to more succinctly identify my emotionsso maybe it wasn’t a frightening but a startlingyes that’s itI’ll start again it startled me at firstthe clink and whir and clunk just a few yards from my sight dawn...
816: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 29, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
do you sleep with the windows open the breeze swishing the tails of curtains I sleep with the windows open to let the earth say hello to the house that has been built upon its backthank you for that
815: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 27, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
the day wakesa choice is made not by the day mind you it does what it does no choice in the matterby me by you by your neighbor by the postman by the person just now walking by on the dawn lit sidewalk jeans too low head...
814: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 25, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
sometimes there is nothing or is there birdsong againswish of tire againshake and tap of dog againdistant clink of neighbor’s screendoor light touch of cloth on chest slight hint of daybreak again
813: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 23, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
A book passed byrecentlyon its way to being forgottenI stopped it in its tracksasked what it had come forand learned a way into the mists of futurenot otherwise discerned
812: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 21, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
up north for a day the journey did not take longI have remembering of when it was adventure the hum of the roadthe challenge of the directionsthe delight in the rest stop it wasalways duty boundmy jobmy waymy creation into the world it is still this a...
811: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 19, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
it is early here for the birdsongfor the sunlightfor the touch of warmth on the curled ends of poppies and hound’s tail she misses me but I no longer know what that meansnor I think does sheit is what we say like I love you or how is the...
810: the world asks to be seen
by pbsartist | July 17, 2026 | OPENstudio | 0 Comments
the economy of beauty it costs you nothing to see itthough for some this alone is too high a pricethe colors on the roadways after a stormthe last light before the sky goes darkthe small bright bud newly unfurled in the morning glowwhat would you barter to have more...