Poems

Darby Riley

February 22, 2022

The poetry group

meets once a month

to unburden itself

of its latest attempts

at transcendence.

Not easy

but fun

straining at meaning

and beauty, rhythm

and harmony,

capturing 

fleeting insights

that vanish

like the last minute,

the last fifteen

billion years.

The truth,

justice,

compassion,

serenity,

the unity of all things,

the hills in the distance,

the bees alive

in sweet spring fragrance.

Darby Riley, a native San Antonian, has been married to Chris Riley since 1971 and they have three grown children and a granddaughter, age 6. He has hosted a monthly poetry writing workshop for over 25 years. He practices law with his son Charles and is active in the local Sierra Club.