Tag: poetry

• It’s All Fleeting

  Oct 23

  I am quite sure  I am a randomly assembled mass of stardust  gravitationally affixed to a sphere of rock  as… more ›

• Flailing Into the Night 

  Aug 5

  “Whatever you do, don’t Google it!” The vet warned me with serious, penetrating eyes.  “Ok. Why not?” I asked, my… more ›

• Ashore

  Apr 22

  Rememberingthe day the ship finallycame into port.Wicked cold –so windy too, that morning –needed an overcoat, a scarf.The only clouds… more ›

• LASTING

  Feb 3

  Rose of Sharon budsWindblown and scatteredAt the peak of their beauty,Delicate veined andDying.As children we oftenCaught bees inside themPinched open… more ›

• STANDING

  Feb 3

  She stands insideThe doorwayArms outstretchedBack aching to archOne stepAnotherShe standsWithin the doorwayHer hands against the frameArms flexedAnticipates the birdWhose outstretched… more ›

• FLYING HOME

  Feb 2

  Hollow boned necks crane.Beaks preen, wings stretch, talons clench,Knees flex backward.They do not fly.Squirrels chatter a glottal warning:The sky is… more ›

• A List of Things that Look Like Bones When You Are Walking in the Forest Alone

  Feb 2

  Queen Anne’s Lace.  Grown in odd groups. Five, seven-never two.The clumps and the spaces between.The Voids separate and merge together… more ›

• Shimmer

  Jan 19

  Have you ever had one of those days when you woke up in a noir? When you woke up to… more ›

• Soul Tone

  Jan 18

  this poem is about the kitchen, it’s about an ancient, seasoned, cast iron skillet so black, so deep, one should… more ›