Three Miles High

Heart longs for escape,

Silver wings plow azure skies:

Joy dwells on cloud nine.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Creative Smudges

In mind’s eye life endeavors clarity

And bold paths taken motivate success.

Yet, peace of mind remains a rarity,

Till life’s creative smudges coalesce.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Creative Smudges

Prairie Harmonies

Discover the music

In windswept prairie straw,

Hear echoes of solitude

In hawk’s call on high,

Let these age-old melodies

Reach into your heart

And connect your spirit

To songs of the universe.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Arrowfeather Trail
(Cooper on Llano Estacado in Eastern New Mexico USA)

Perilous Course

Judgment adrift in polluted cloud realm

Finds eager purveyors of varnished truth;

Lets fuss about the trivial grab wit’s helm

Disguised and sold as hip volumes of sooth.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

True to its latin epithet the Foxglove Tree flower (paulownia tomentosa) aka Princess Tree is “covered in hairs.”

Varnished Truth

Spiritual Evolution

Soul thrives on pure heart

Encouraged by God’s embrace:

Said grace enlightens heart.

© Ilija Lukić 2021

Early morning light streaming across the landing newel for a handrail on a flight of park steps adds an aura of mystery to the aluminum motif. In rendering my feelings of the experience in word and artful imagery, I cannot resist an excursion into cosmic awareness along the proverbial spiral of life

Spiritual Evolution