This poem is formatted in a shape resembling a rock formation. It is intended to be read first as in standard English, left to right, top to bottom. Then read again bottom to top, and right to left, as a geologist would read strata. gods the of valley monumental a sustaining I.V. an from drips like justified center solo stacked […]
Poetry
At the Window
I pray to the Invisible: Please protect usfrom blizzard and hail, from blaze and swelter,from flying insects that sting and swarm,from pestilence and sulfurous miasma,and from the crowded bluster and welter. But let us see the light,through your architectured frame,of sun, of stars, of moon, of clouds,of dappled leaves, of shimmering creek,and all your gentle creatures without names. And give […]
Any Time Spent
Any time spentNot making babies.Or not making money. Any time spentNot tilling the soil.Or not dancing the floor. Any time spentNot watching the sunset.Or watching the sunset. Any time spentNot being outraged.Or being outraged. Any time spentBeing forced to choose.Or regretting your choice. Any time spentHaving no choice.Or lamenting your fate. Any time spentGoing on living.Or giving up.
Carbon Footprints of Unwanted Children
I can’t put my finger on it, when did itchange? I would ride my bike miles fromhome, even at night and in rain. No oneworried, I would just roam. It ended, maybe,with a spoonful of cereal and a half gallon offear, the milk carton asking, feral and wild:“Have you, have you, seen this child?” When did having children become animposition? […]
Personal Enlightenments on Plant Life
the form of birth and death the smell of some flowers are one of the happiest feelings to me, common leaves are a base of plant scents plants don’t create sounds (by themselves) trees can represent mystery with their angles and obscured spaces slow spontaneity
More Than Just Us
More Than Just Us A hawk broke their shoulder, collided with a building encroaching their wetlands. The hawk was taken in,and with time and care, their shoulder healed. They were to be releasedat the urban pond where found injured. Dozens of us gathered on a clear mid-autumn day. They brought the bird over in a crate, said a few words […]
The Seven Men of Eptagonia and Other Poems
The Seven Men of Eptagonia (with interjections from my grandfather) In a small town up the breast of the uppermost land mound there is a land of Seven Corners where – They do – there are seven men who like to sit on the seventh corner of the seven bendy hills – They Do! – positioning their white plastic chairs […]
Collection: Moonlight on Water
The Veil In the light I whisper promises, Carried by the winds, As they echoed softly in the moonlit sky. I speak of my sorrows and plead my case, I shatter and break in that endless space. In between the knowing, That thin veil which holds the question, I lay all my tears and desires. I rest by that creek […]
Unabated Wildfires Within Maples
Morphologies emerge in variable ways,
Protruding through space and time,
Yielding multifarious mazes.
A Burnt Metal Ecosystem
Frozen in a burnt copper substrate, surrounded
With whorls and tides of a creature’s past, a steadfast
Algae, Wood, and a Singular Bowl
Four slats of discolored wood possess salmon streaks and steel
Fever
All night, your cheeks were hot, little one. I listened to your wails through the crackling yellow monitor next to my bed. Your father and I threw off our covers and walked up the stairs to your room. He lifted you from the crib and held you against his chest. Your cries became whimpers. I got out a plastic syringe […]