Memorial stone
I can leave you only a wisp of my breath and honest intent as I pause, watching you, with both …
Category Archives: Memory
My window at night x
my mind goes numb at the look of your shadow, gauze hanging there filtering moonlight reflected off bright clouds and …
My window at night ix
no sound fuller than the wind tossing leaves up and over and against our window screen as we lie here, …
8/21
hand twirls me in the dark, propels me to dance — forever forward, ever from nowhere
Working and its limits
little in this dry day draws any wealth from my thoughts — hope and wish leave me empty-handed; instead it …
Wondrous new
O wondrous, wondrous new — stone pressed from green blue, red, gray white fragments appear richer in the sun and …
How trees grow
Boy trails old man along stream bed cuts into damp soil slips sapling into crevice weighs heel to seal the …
Unborn child
My first lie was before you were conceived and I prayed that if you were a girl, you must have …
If this were my only way to you
I turn, seeking the hawk to bring my message to you, to receive yours to me, and wonder if he …
Closing fire
Day closes in wandering chatter losing itself in waves edging our pebbled shore; stones skitter over the surface, lead trails …
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