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still rain

The rain echoes back into itself, quiet descent and slow waning is the incredible lingering rain. The sun rises heavenly over hills- a sunset...
47570May 2010May 201018 hrs ago

Homicide

Taking dead aim at my heart, you opened your mouth and pulled the trigger....
44570May 2010May 2010Apr 21

Insomnia

Past midnight, in the black pool of morning filled with brittle silence, prayers slip and fall like stars just short of heaven- the delicate...
51070May 2010May 2010Apr 25

She is Lovely

She falls lovely to my naked bed, silk below my shadow- silhouette companion traveling across these walls. She sings lovely from he...
49270Jun 2010Apr 2011Apr 26

Sudden Awakening

Poetry Magazine actually published this a few years ago. Go figure. LOL...
49460May 2010May 2010Apr 24

I dream a world

I dream a world of my love and fury riding wings of passion into heaven to find you. To hold you gently as a cloud as we take possession of...
40050Apr 2011Apr 2011Apr 26

god help me

a few days ago jesus spoke to me on tv- a slick-devil he is too, all pieced together in new italian shoes- book and tapes to show the way. to...
45250May 2010May 2010Apr 24

Being the Way

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone." - Lao-tzu A pale moment breathes an unvoiced song- eternally repeating itself, eternal...
44150May 2010May 2010Apr 23

Mom on the Street

turns another corner of tables and tricks, chasing alley dreams of drinks and fix; another john hustle, smile and wink- my, how your boy...
45540May 2010May 201015 hrs ago

Changing Skies

Written shortly after 9/11...
48140May 2010May 2010Apr 24

Eye of the Storm

The coastline fractured - gusts of thunder mumble in serrated skies; the unruly demesne of summer, dark voices of the sea, incessant sighs coale...
42740May 2010May 2010Apr 26

Subtle Changes

A slow rain seems to speak a language of its own across the geometry of our city, its subtle change of tone heard everywhere- in the way de...
43440May 2010May 2010Apr 23

Season of a Cold Moon

"He has his Winter too of pale misfeature, Or else he would forego his mortal nature." - John Keats, The Human Seasons...
37840Jan 2011Jan 2011Apr 26

The Light That Binds Us

Early light arrives on robin-winged melodies, the sweet scent of May-grey dew fresh on the sill. The rhythm of our breathing takes flight on t...
40730Jan 2011Feb 2011Apr 21

the faraway

This poem is a tribute to the life of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, an incredible lady as well as artist. "the faraway" was the name of her home in the New...
44030May 2010May 201015 hrs ago

Calling the Dead

We speak their names into the sky, across the void we call out to them. We seek signs they have made it through- to give us a word, some hint...
38230May 2010May 2010Apr 22

For Love

Based somewhat upon the work of Robert Creeley from his poem of the same name. Words in italics are from his work....
36220May 2011May 2011Apr 24

Still Ground

A low sun rinses daylight from skies paled by December, the placid crunch of leaves echo beneath my slow steps in the late afternoon coppice suff...
33910Jan 2011Jan 2011Apr 24

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