Issue #14

FLUTTER

BEDRIDDEN—THE WINGS OF THE BUTTERFLYBRUSHING AGAINST THE MOON

THE MOON

USE YOUR EYES, POND SNAIL,NOT YOUR IMAGINATION.THE MOON IS THE MOON.

EXHALE

NIGHT’S MEDITATIONMOONLIT FROSTED BREATH FLOWS OUTHAWKS INTO THE WIND

HUMMINGBIRDS HOVERMAKING FIGURE EIGHTS WITH WINGSSEARCHING FOR NECTAR

TOO MANY SHADOWSTHE PIGEON HOLES OF A LIFEFADING IN THE DUSK

TEAR

POLYESTER STARS,LYCRA SKY, A NYLON MOONSTRETCH, TEAR, AS WE GROW.

IMPROMPTU PLANTING

TODAY I PLANT SEEDIN THE RAIN I PLANTED THEMI CAN SMELL THEM GROW

30 JULY

IT WAS THE DISTANCEBETWEEN THE HEAD AND THE HEARTTHAT KEPT US APART.

SATURDAY NIGHT

A DIMLY LIT ROOMA VIOLIN SIGHS SOFTLYMARKING ALONE TIME.

SPRING

WHERE THE GIANT PINEONCE STOOD –NODDING DAFFODILS.

WINTER SELF-REFLECTION

--AS AN ICICLEWATCHES HIMSELF UNRAVELDROP BY DROP….

ALMOST LIGHTWALKING AWAY FROM WORKTHIS SPRING EVENING

A SCHOOL OF MINNOWSSLOWLY DRIFT ALONG THE SHOREONE FLASH AND THEN GONE

A CRACK

A CRACK IN THE WORLDDIVIDES US AND THEM – MOTHERGORILLA HUGS YOUNG

EVERYWHERE DRAGONS

DRAGON CUMULUS,DRAGON MILK SPILL, BLACK TOAST,DRAGON MILDEW…

GRASS HOPPERS EMBRACE

SUMMER MORNINGGRASSHOPPER EMBRACESBLADE OF GRASS

TWITTERING MACHINE

TWITTERING MACHINE,IN THE NAKED TREE BRANCHES,BIRDS OF LATE WINTER

LEAVES

VEINS IN LEAVESLIKE TRACKS OF BIRD’S FEETRAIN CEMENTED TO THE STREET

LATE EVENING

DREAMY AUTUMN EYESCOFFEE WITH YOU AND CRISP LEAVESA LOST MEMORY

GLORIOUS GARDENWHERE LIFE RISES FROM THE DEADGOD ENOUGH FOR ME.

HEAVEN

EASTER VIGIL CANDLELIGHTBESIDE ME, GRANDDAUGHTERLOOKS UP, SMILING

CONVERGENCE

FOG SHROUDS THE MEADOW—GELID, HAZY CLOAK QUAILINGAT THE DAWN’S ADVANCE.

THE BIRD

BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRDFRAGILE FEATHERS, SPARKLING EYESWATCHING TRAFFIC PASS

TALISMAN

RABBIT AT MY FEETA CURSED PRESENT FROM YOUR CLAWSHOLE WHERE THE HEART WAS

RETURNING FROM WAR

RETURNING FROM WAR…THROUGH THE STORMNOT JUST THE WILLOWS WEEP

COFFEE PERCOLATES

COFFEE PERCOLATESRAINDROPS TAPPING WINDOWSILLSSLOW SUMMER MORNING

DESPAIR

IT MUST PASS BY, FRIENDTHE GREY, SLOW PULL OF DESPAIRLIKE FLEETING STORM CLOUDS

AN UNNATURALLY FOGGY BAY

THE FOG SAT ON THE OCEANCONNECTING WATER AND SKY.CREATED DIVISION – NOW ONE.

WHITE FLORIDA BAY

SUNSET AT THE BAYWHERE FRESH AND SALT WATERS MEETUNION FORMS RIPPLES

SHADES OF BLUE

HE RAISES HIS GLASSI CAN SEE MY REFLECTIONIN THE MELTING ICE

AUTUMN

LEAVES DRIFT TO THE GROUNDA DANCE OF MANY COLORSTHEN SUDDENLY STILL

SHY MOON

ALWAYS ON DISPLAY,MUCH AS I WOULD, TONIGHT'S MOONCOWERS BEHIND CLOUDS

SUMMER

EVERYTHING ALIVEAIR RESONATES WITH LAUGHTERSPIRITS ARE BEAMING

BLOOM

BE A WILDFLOWER.GROW BETWEEN CRACKS WHERE YOU WEREN’TEXPECTED TO BLOOM.

SILVER ARCS OF LIGHTRIPPLE ACROSS THE EGRETFISHING FOR MINNOWS

WATERFALL

FUNNELING WATERA DEEP CERULEAN BLUEOVER BASALT ROCK

POETRY

FROM SILENCE SOULS SPEAKWITH WORDS FOREIGN AND STRANGE,UNLESS YOU HEAR IN TONGUES.

OMNIANA

FLAMES CAST NO SHADOW—LIKE TRUTHS WE BRING TO LIGHT—THEYBURN US JUST THE SAME

MEDITATION

SILENCING THE MINDACKNOWLEDGING THE PRESENTCONTROLLING LOUD THOUGHTS.

RECALL WHITE FEATHERS

RECALL WHITE FEATHERSBLOWN AGAINST BROKEN WINDOWSAT SUNSET, DEAD SWAN

A BROKEN VESSEL

A BROKEN VESSELVERY SAME VOID AS BEFORENOW UNFILLABLE

FLAME

WOOD FIRES ARE BETTERBUT THE OIL BURNS MUCH BRIGHTERIF FOR A MOMENT

BROOK

THE NATIVE TROUT DARTFROM BENEATH THE RIVER ROCKS,GRABBING INSECT PREY.

RIVER

RUSHING RIVER GIRL,NOW FALLING IN, GETTING WET,PULLING ME WITH YOU.

ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY VISIT—HIS WHITE HEADSTONEIN FRESH SNOW

FEROCIOUS TIGER

FEROCIOUS TIGERGROWLINGBEHIND THE BARS

CHILDBIRTHS

TWO HEIRS YOU’VE CARRIEDEMERGE, BIOGRAPHIES UNTOLD,HOWLING, AND HUNGERED

BONE FOREST

THE BIRDS MOURN THEIR LOSS,DARTING THROUGH A BONE FOREST,COLORS AMONG DEATH.

MY GARDENIA

MY GARDENIAPLUMP, WHITE, READY TO BURSTNEVER BLOOMS

NORTH WIND

NORTH WINDTRAIN WHISTLE FAR AWAYOLD MEMORIES