April 2024
What I Don’t Know
I heard it first from Socrates— Wind through the mind, Rosemary blossoms and bumblebees. What I don't know could fill a universe. An atheist in high school, dismissing Warring clans. Trademarking truth! Pragmatically insisting that [...]
We Do Well To Let Go
Abrupt distractions— Cherry petals affixed To my boot soles, now Peppering the pavement. No, not pepper— Pastel. Softness, The sopping skies Salted with sighs, Cars cresting the round Mountain, moving Clouds in all directions. Neon [...]
February 2024
Two Sycamores Along Route 7, Near Berryville, Virginia
Not far from the highway Two sycamores rise from The same stump, so alike In every way they appear To be twins. But nothing is Completely identical; lives Are composed of contrast. And although from [...]
November 2023
October 2023
Eating Spicebush Berries
It's strange to know the title Before the title appears. Receiving— Researchers at the University of Virginia report that most reincarnations Occur within five hundred kilometers Of the avatar's death. Prior memories Typically dissolve by [...]
September 2023
All Of Autumn
These scattered prairie clouds— Such blush! Oh, the pink Brightening of autumn, drought- Dusted leaves muddy with September Rain. Do you remember the rain? It pours sometimes, doesn't it— Always in the past. Always in [...]