Poetry
D*rian
entails ord. hither / nodal stria / holds, endears in / thole-a-thorn lid’s / din, throes alas, diet / lorn, hearth, sol dinner, / oath slid not rid / Se-Lhasa, trine hold....
This Is the Second Time Today
I’ve met the eyes of that workman in the building — this morning, and just now, around 8, when he smiled at me coming up the stairs. He doesn’t know that I’m the one...
Horse
For you, I’ll recall walking / to the barn to ride my horse, Biscuit. / 1991. I wore a white blouse / that tied at the throat / and mom’s brown leather...
San Cristobal
Evening turns, / sudden as pigeons. / / Prayer flags white on the sky / like flickering wings / / Light pauses — / / the church dome bathed /...
The Astonished Bedroom
She is necklaces. / / He is a fine spray of axe. / / At what point does infidelity begin? / / During her instrument of hair throws /...
Red Dice
Cradling fire in cupped hands. / A wet bird. A thimbleful / of water. / / Yellow jackets / on stem of fireweed. / A crosshatched tweed dress suit, / ...
Sulphur in the Air
quick conversion. in lung. / H2SO4 / / or so. perhaps / alchemist / of fissures. / / a different kind / of metal: never yours, / /...
Hush
Don’t be scared. Every airplane is a suspension / of disbelief, a merger of physics and faith. / / Every airplane guides its housefly tongue / along a curving, snagless line....
There Are Shadows Behind Everything
in the fugitive’s house / small hands open to catch the rain / bodies coil into fetal position / kite strings unravel / / all the black and white photographs /...