Another Poem About Roses, etc.
The roses have enjoyed the Rain so much this year that I’ve been slamming them all May in the door, their drowsy Petal-heavy necks bowing To my screen door’s guillotine— Deflowered once weekly and guilty [...]
On The Appalachian Trail, May 15, 2023
I've been eating bread and Honey mostly lately, Cat hair on the counter Where my shedding twins Know not to hop— But more specifically Know not to hop When I'm watching. I clean and I [...]
The Girl Who Went Adventuring
The girl who went adventuring Picked up her heart one day Where she had stored it in the pantry And placed it in her pocket. Out by the river she floats Through the bluebells marveling, [...]
Fallen Fence (v.2.4)
The fence in the woods Has finally fallen, Propped all this time by The sinewed remains of Honeysuckled deer bones, Single mistimed leaps Where, twisting, twisting, The leg at last is liberated And the carcass [...]
Ain’t Nothing Straight (v.2.3)
So long, 2020. Here's a reluctant paean: Ain’t nothing straight: This farm house Bain to masons; The jigsawed barn Anathema— in 2007 A one-footed carpenter Threw his hammer over The hill, and I found It [...]
Two Hawks (v.2.2)
A pair of sharp-shinned hawks Found our farm. Never Far from one another, Perched in the outstretched arms Of hackberries—trees, in their way, Probably not much Older than the birds. I made Rounds on the [...]