Kahan
about this piece Kakan2025Visual Poem Joshua Hamilton and Shiven Saxena, both assistant professors at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, are collaborating... Read more.
Inward Motion
about this piece Inward Motion2025Visual Poem Joshua Hamilton and Shiven Saxena, both assistant professors at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, are collaborating... Read more.
Under the Maple Trees
After the poem "Noon" by Louise GlückThey're older — elderly, really,but still before dying:that space of knowing imminent departureprior to evaporation.The small... Read more.
Breakers
The blond tabby dartsacross boiling asphalt, hustlesits haunches right at the end before the curb & the whiteCadillac swallows it whole.Could I have closedmy... Read more.
Chorus
Trees interruptgestures, misplacememory’s foldedorigami.A pause in the midstof forgetting; acontinuum.Like the water hosecurling from spigot –stretching its... Read more.
Sunset/Flood
Where night risesto suck skya shriek of sunweepinginto silver powder.Tobacco on the tonguestings bitterwith the dripof a sinkinghour. In blind instincta wolf... Read more.
Remains
Boiling pastaand collectingscattered toysI look up to see your face:shock of familiar argumentsreconciliationsbefore a long tripsteel gray rollaboardpacked awry... Read more.
Ghost Drafting
I wipe clean mantlepiecepolish blank the mirrorsscrape cold ash of fireplaceso the dead starve in their hollowhalls — remembranceas negative renovationstripping... Read more.
Heat Mirage
“Mi amor es paso, tránsito, larga muerte gustada”-Federico García LorcaSun spotlights the measured pass of hours:slow wilt of alcohol and tobaccoin the bare... Read more.
