... winter / driving by the agora / wildflower on the radio
... I danced with you to that song / new year's eve nineteen seventy three
... a world you left long ago ... how is it you’re still here?
Friday, May 30, 2014
Wildflower
... winter / driving by the agora / wildflower on the radio
... I danced with you to that song / new year's eve nineteen seventy three
... a world you left long ago ... how is it you’re still here?
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Dakota Farmhouse
... hard clouds over wheat soft fields
... summer holds its breath
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Our Second Date
... on our second date / he showed me his tractor stored in his barn
... looking like it just crawled out of the dust bowl
... he knew the way to my heart
Photograph by Shaun Fisher
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Sitting Bull At Dusk
... we knew he wasn't buried there / we brought our offering anyway
... carved stone from the black hills
... at dusk // up and down the river ............ strong hearts beating
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Light Gathering
... a bird flew against my window
... cradled in my palm / he opened his beak ... drew his last breath
... a small sound ... like light gathering
Sunday, May 11, 2014
First Grade
... inside a slender box of light / new pencils made of gold
... I knew what covet meant
The photograph is mine.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Red Winged Blackbird
... and in the early morning hours
... my mother came to me and said
... it will be okay dear girl
... the red winged blackbird has returned to the river
Sunday, May 4, 2014
The Scent of Sunlight
... tonight I sleep with the scent of sunlight
... my mother on washday
... the back porch when I was five
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Change
... in the grocery store parking lot / listening to the rain
... Sam Cooke on the radio
... singing about a tent by a river / change ... that never seems to come
Monday, April 28, 2014
August Nights
... sneaking out a window where the horses wait
... bridles jingling in dark grass
... blue moon on a dirt road
... the slow ache of an August night
Photograph by Josef Bartuska (1898-1963)
Sunday, April 27, 2014
One Last Dusting
... beneath one last dusting of snow
... a wild tangle whispering in the cosmos
... longing for the unruliness of late july
The photograph is mine.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Black Bear Wakes
... black bear wakes
... I lie still / listen
... all around the cabin tender ferns rise
Photograph by Dorian Stretton
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
In Copper Sunlight
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... in the little cemetery where we once exchanged vows
... Whitman's words / pressed in copper sunlight / still hang in the oak tree
Sunday, April 13, 2014
At the Boneyard
... on Madeline Island we linger at the boneyard
... a broken lamb / a tilting cross / a little house with window to let the spirit roam
... among layers of dead leaves ... one stone / the Chippewa
.......... rain falls on the ferry home
Photograph by Tony Sweet
Saturday, April 12, 2014
From the Train Window
... watching from the train window
... face pressed against the cool pane of forgetting
Thursday, April 10, 2014
New Arrivals
... in the snow covered pasture
... spring calves are born
... sandhill cranes announce the new arrivals
Photograph courtesy of Kim Fritzemeier.
http://kimscountyline.blogspot.com/2014/03/flat-aggie-plays-hide-and-seek.html
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Spring Arrives
... in the marsh / spring arrives
... wearing a coat of red winged blackbirds
Painting by Andrea Kowch
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
From the Hill
... from the hill above my grandfather's lonely farm
... I watch the train pass by
... dream of the flickering sun through an open box car door
Photograph by Edward Steichen
Sunday, April 6, 2014
The Seashell
... at the back of my mother's closet / the life she almost had
... black sweater / guitar / a suitcase filled with photographs
... on her sewing stand / a seashell
Photograph by Josef Sudek
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Winter Dream #7
... in bright sunlight / my sister wears a yoke of flowers
... on each side / pink impatiens
... she leans into her task / bears the weight of beauty
My reading of this poem as featured on public radio:https://beta.prx.org/stories/143612
The photograph is mine.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
The River
... river / ... take me where you will ... I know nothing
Photograph by Montucky: montucky.wordpress.com
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Water's Edge
... we lay beneath the cedar at water's edge
... my mouth on damp moss made promises I couldn't keep
Photograph by Montucky: montucky.wordpress.com
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Winter Dream #5
... a backwoods bar / deep snow
... ex lovers in dimly lit windows
... the bear that follows me walks the road
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Going Deeper
... slipping under water / no sight / no sound
... with her last breath she went deeper
... surfaced into sunlight
... walked on solid ground
Image: Jarek Kubicki
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Somewhere Outside Russellville
... empty windows / empty doorway
... grey boards // broken
... along the stone foundation
... daffodils in snow
Friday, March 28, 2014
Among the Ruins
... only a small fire remains / warmth against a desert night
... I sleep among the ruins
... one crow watching
The photograph, taken at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, is mine.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
High Mountain Wildflowers
... in her sweet dark voice he hears it
... the sweeping familiarity of his own undoing
... honey from high mountain wildflowers
... moonlight on her tongue
Photograph by Antonio Curnetta
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Smooth Stones
... afterwards I lay in the river / fingers on smooth stones
... watching from the bank / your eyes wondered if I'd stay
... I couldn't ... I'm sorry
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