May 2023
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, [...]
May 2021
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 [...]
December 2020
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 [...]
October 2020
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 [...]
September 2020
The Edge of Wild (v.2.1)
The edge of wild, where Hickory and goldenrod nod Cobwebbed September awake— Afternoon heat from the asphalt, And the sweetly stinking carcass Picked over by the black-headed Buzzards until, sated and flown, Timid turkey vultures [...]
August 2020
Smith Meadows Sells St. Louis Style Spare Ribs
How to Cook Smith Meadows Spare Ribs One of the questions we hear regularly at farmers market is, "What kind of pork ribs do you have?" Smith Meadows Spare Ribs are St. Louis style ribs. This [...]