June There are too many clocks and not enough time. I will take and keep this minute for myself. This minute of mercury this swift summer night as sleepless stars glide through the sky in aerial ballet. About... Continue Reading →
Visitation The motion sensitive light by the cabin’s front porch came on at 1 am. Woke me from sleep into instant terror of something unexpected in this dark— a deer, a bear, a predatory man, my mind went wild the... Continue Reading →
Three Personas of Twilight 1 Twilight, the seeker sounds its bell in soft, dark-prism’d carousels. 2 Twilight, like some skulking owl, preens its feathers in lustful anticipation of its sultry descent. 3 Lone survivor of a perished kind and child... Continue Reading →
Still Driving my odometer refuses to roll over the coolant light is on and there’s nothing I can do about it I keep the tires in good shape and just had new wiper blades installed but there’s so little else... Continue Reading →
Only It’s a small thing this longing just that for so long it’s been about you or me and now these young women their stories growing in me their voices filling my limbs mornings you pull open my fingers, unfold... Continue Reading →
Tree Logic 101 Not long after the hurricane blew through, I notice them on a Sunday drive-- a tribe of trees undressed, their outer bark peeling like sunburned skin. Ever-reaching pines that seem to sway in unison, praise the violet... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 