Saturday, August 31, 2013
Moonshine
... wrapped in an old serape
... I sit on my porch in the early light
... a lone coyote meanders home / drunk on moonshine
Friday, August 30, 2013
Burnished Leather
... biscuits when the sun comes up / whiskey when it's going down
... in between / his hands on burnished leather
... midnight / in her raven hair
Photograph by Jerolek
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Beyond the Hollow
... in the hills beyond the hollow / coyotes pine for the moon
... hot bath / candlelight ... forgotten
... I stand in the field at midnight / listen ...
Friday, August 23, 2013
Fifteenth Summer
... fifteenth summer
... not anything but me
... birch lake / red canoe
... fingers gliding through cool water
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Cedar Mesa
... juniper scented canyons
... late night campfire under orion's blue stars
... springtime on cedar mesa
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Headed West
... she tucked her dreams into a cardboard suitcase
... headed west
... drove all day without leaving the yard
... beneath her ... three wheels humming
My reading of this poem on public radio:
https://beta.prx.org/stories/136627
The photograph is me at three years old.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Summer of Seventy Eight
... he drove a volkswagen beetle
... green as the woods behind his house
... we ate with our fingers / fish from an iron skillet
... bare feet on cool wooden floors
Friday, August 16, 2013
The Lion's Mouth
... don't be afraid he said
... as he placed her head in the lion's mouth
... everything will be all right he said
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Summer Rain
... slow drive down river road
... the scent of strawberries
... on the radio /// summer rain
Photograph by Jim Norris
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Penelope
... adrift on a sea ... of cabbages and broccoli
... from the porch
... penelope the calico watches and waits ...
Monday, August 12, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
The Heart Hears It First
... storm brewing
... the heart hears it first
... bittersweet blackberry summer
Photograph by Bill Pevlor
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