10 Ways to Write a Poem Reassemble the torn bits of the poem ++ he left on your desk in 1989 Listen to the waves wash around ++sanded jellyfish and mermaids Retrace the steps he took ++to give you a... Continue Reading →
To a Former Coworker Last I heard, you were living in the basement of a relative, alcohol in your hand, every clock-tick, a lawn-chair as your makeshift bed. I remember when you told me the story of the scar on... Continue Reading →
My stomach is remembering the cold cash tacos we ate swallowed by the horse landscape soothed by lashing rain & your soft/sweet compliments I wanted to be an orange red fire tree, wise and tired, ready for the boom/crash of... Continue Reading →
The Night of the Salmon-Go-Up-River Full Moon A full moon blesses this cooling-off July night, the farm, the black currants, the tin-roof barn, the Old Spot pigs. You and I snuggle under a comforter as the willow sways in eddied... Continue Reading →
One Goddamn Chance Maybe it was the time grandma found that starving stray, maybe it was that miserable cur that adopted her. She in a crisp nine yard saree, her diamond nose ring flashing in the summer sun and that... Continue Reading →
Fractures in Time When is a second not a second; a minute not a minute. Do you need minutes, to have seconds? Seconds; first love, a day at the beach, summer. Minutes; divorce, a day of rain, winter. Your last... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 