Father’s Day
I did not see your faceat the end. You slippedaway unseen, unknown.I would rediscover youto fully understandthe meaningwhen I see …
Tag Archives: writing
Just Make-Believe
Oh soul,animate me—a dream-dippedyapping sock-puppet.Release me,let me triangulatetoday’s truth,the good work,the years spenton penance-worn knees—finding out what’s wrong with me.I …
Why I Get Out of Bed…
After James TateSmall birds want seedRabbits prefer oatsBig jays measure peanutsSquirrels eat everythingFeeding time, such a tangle—Feathers/fur, tooth/clawEvery beak a …
Year of the Saw
After Camille T. Dungy The smell of catastrophe descends like age.A year for danger, chemical reek, claws, tension.This year is …
Heal
After John Ashbery Living in America as this goes onit would be prudent to look out for one another.Terrible events …
From Mystery Cave State Park
It is dark in the cave today…Self DefenseAfter Margaret AtwoodUnder the cracked whipWe build elaborate defensesagainst the bicker of our …
A Language of Hope
Light morning mist coats roses.Mrs. Rafferty hangs washing inhope of better things to come.The day holds my own hopes,searching for …
Bee Watching
I said yes in Aprilto Arizona,to cactus flowersand Joshua trees.The crocuses had justopened their mouthsto the first Yes!of spring. Some …
All the Way Home
Studs Terkel: “Working is about the search for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as …
Twinkle Twinkle I Love You
“Theology is the art of making simple things incredibly complicated, while pretending to make them perfectly clear.” — AnonymousMy wife …
Poetry on the run 