Best Laid Plants Five inches deep and four apart, holes drift past the holly bush; broad side down and narrow up, bedded in October’s murk. Old man thinks of summers past, a winter yet to come, He feels a chill... Continue Reading →
Hopes of Heaven Millions of years ago maybe you and I were thrown out of the heaven to create something wonderful; Here! to lighten the abyss with a glow resplendent! Instead, we sit apart behind those locks brooding why is... Continue Reading →
Learning Again It has been so long since I gathered shells I’m not sure I know anymore how it’s done. Which ones do you reach for? How many do you keep? How slowly should you make your way down the... Continue Reading →
Free-Box I am not above stooping, free-box food as good as any other, the shampoo in half-used bottles still shampoo, a set of tea lights with only two missing, a cable sweater with a faint stain I’d put in the... Continue Reading →
Elegy The wildflowers run their purple flags. Fields are castaways. The crescent moon is unattached again. No stardust. No clouds. You think you’ll keep the memories of lovers inside your pocket for easy travels, but apparitions run like mice across... Continue Reading →
Ordinary Moments Again, the hummingbird is buzzing over the sugar water. Again, the coyote is crossing the road. Again, the deer are feeding in my yard. One breath Then another Belonging To Sand Time stops here Terns... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 