Poetry

  • Wild Blueberries

    Wild Blueberries

    The room cannot be entered, the door is open, but the air is tight, blue walls offer no hint of…

  • When the Light Shifts

    When the Light Shifts

    On the back of my hand, thick purple lines beneaththin skin. Branches of a golden oak. The road less taken,…

  • Visitor

    Visitor

    A fine morning, the air was clean,and we were idle in the day room,warm from a breakfast of biscuits,thick butter…

  • Poetry

    Poetry

    I’m losing it.maybe I’ve lost it.I’ve had it and maybeit’s gone. it’s gonefor tonight.poems just comingshopping lists.bread and new eggs.butter…

  • Haikus at a Paris Café, by the Canal San Martin

    Haikus at a Paris Café, by the Canal San Martin

    Bistro Chez Gastóncappuccino, café crème,plastic roses bloom Fake flowers sway high.Plastic, Parisians scorn,tourists smile, sip slow Sycamore whispersneem trees shade…

  • Vaccination Day

    Vaccination Day

    We were learning about vaccinationson an August farm day, crowded with life My friend—a doctor—already knewhow to dose, tap, hold,…

  • A Room like a Reverie

    A Room like a Reverie

    dawn-blue comforter with small white butterflies, the one we bought in the Scandinavian store in another life. The sun rays…

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    I lost it twice half-finishedin paperback on trains in north america.

  • winter

    winter

    the chilling windwhispers through a crackin the window,and your aromaclings to the room:sharp,like coffee,with a bitter punch,like how you leavewithout…

  • Lament of Longing Behind a Locked Door

    Lament of Longing Behind a Locked Door

    for what lies on the other side.Space between is crisp and electrifiedwith tension. You only want what you wantwhen you…

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