california

coast fog, crashing waves -
big sur, soothing balm, after
sizzling desert roads
(6-13)

finds him out in th'haight

dealin' 'n' trippin' at th'same time,

even on the fourth

(1-12)

dodgers at candl'stick,
ancient and bitter feud - pard'n,
but I'm just pass'n through
(6-13)





humboldt redwood dreams,
ferns, rotted bark as mattress,
canopy as tent
(9-08)

campfires on the beach -

he grew up 'n l.a., but knows

it'll never be th'same

(12-14)

downtown stockton - five's

shoulder, flat tire, van 'f hikers,

impatience 'f the law

(10-14)

saw sign say'n "zzyzx"-
california in summer
or desert mirage?
(1-13)






road to manzanar -
sweat imprisons, sun rises,
camp memories burn
(3-10)






takes three days to get
from south l.a. to north by thumb
nights with roadside flowers
(7-05)






road splits in barstow,
where hopes fry like egg on road -
one hiker's still stuck
(7-05)

from baldy, th'hazy

valley - warm winters're good,

summers like this're hell

(12-14)

cheese, apple, skippy -

waves crash, harvest moon rises

over th'hearst castle

(12-14)

candlestick vendor
doesn't want to run for change -
tired of long season
(2-10)





third night, roadside flowers,
vast valleys, l.a. traffic -
miss'n two-lane's colors
(9-14)





even on saints' day,
flowers blooming on hillside -
l.a. freeway bridge
(2-10)

-->

halloween t’souls day,

same exit, same l.a. smog,

same roadside flowers

(5-15)

souls' day cable car

rider - "how limiting 't is

t'only love women"

(11-14)

mendocino surf's

brooding crash - 'n' abalone

for thanksgiving feast

(10-14)

police on the ten
stop hikers five yards from sign -
no christmas spirit
(2-10)






savage traffic fumes -
neon diamond, sunset haze,
christmas eve descends
(12-11)






took four days to hitch
south l.a. to north - new year
in roadside bushes
(2-12)






santa monica
cop, no hot crimes, spends new year
waking the homeless
(9-10)






venice canal's edge -
old country's reflection in
a champagne bottle
(9-10)





week in griffith park
'f love, coffee, peanut butter -
holidays come and go
(9-10)





got to san diego
felt the dark east behind him -
epiphany tide
(5-13)






high sierra storm
ice on pines and patios
takes one's breath away
(7-05)






lodi trucker's drawl -
it's only green in winter,
brown, rest of the year
(12-10)






mountain winds whistle,
snow-laden pines sway and shriek -
long barn and its glade
(12-10)







art on venice walls -
they ignore it all winter,
he tags the palm tree
(4-10)





backup on the five
cars, sun, air con - for this we
trade scraping windshields?
(7-05)








sweeping clay street curbs,
he speaks of spring festivals
where weather changes
(11-13)






sleeps days, big sur woods -
spring moon at highway crossing,
nights by ocean waves
(9-10)





panhachel 'til may
then bring it to malibu
in time for arts fest
(9-10)

mother’s day, golden

gate bridge – quickly, help give her

some reasons to live!

(5-15)

june evening drama -
he curses the four oh five
and all its people
(8-10)