Two Poems

Two Poems

White Flag for Graham Picture a garden, circling it, a field on fire, rich with color, but in that color is lack, and at first, you can assume a grander theme; assume a seduction associated with color or vibrancy, but that’s one of the first things you learn in...
Two Poems

Two Poems

    What Are You, Waiting? You are growing and this is a starry condition. Move about this small room called earth as if fear fell asleep in some other room, a seat at the table you’ll just leave empty. Leave space in bed for the succession of years, let...
Three Poems

Three Poems

    TREES SEE Can cats tell the difference between a real and electric fire Does cold air blow in or warm air flow out Do you have dreams where you fly out a window. Phone is like the windowpane slightly wearing your face Your heart’s a wet fire. That means...
The Holy Ghost

The Holy Ghost

    There we always were, in always again, enjambed helter skelter on a Sealy Posturepedic neither could leave. Outside cranes pounded the earth, & dead Leaves clung to skeletal trees, the air fragrant & crackling. Money accrued in heaps. Crib...
How to Tie One Hundred Knots

How to Tie One Hundred Knots

  The word knot has several meanings and can indicate anything from a fastening to a tangle of rope. —The Morrow Guide to Knots, Mario Bigon & Guido Regazzoni     A small silver amulet, an imperfect circle, hangs on a string around my neck....
Three Poems: Dear Human

Three Poems: Dear Human

    Dear Human When I was about to die I went hunting for pinecones with that generic plastic bag with the smiling face: Thanks for Shopping Here! Nature is very complicit. When I put on the black gloves and did the work with no purpose to it, the parking...