Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Pink Phlox
... pink phlox in a blue bottle
... all night long your wild petals fall
Photograph by Dawn at creativecaincabin.com
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Winterberries
... what was once glimpsed only in the distance
... now lying at my feet / winterberries
Photograph: kristamonique
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Quiet Dirt Road
... rain soft morning / going through my winter clothes
... this quiet dirt road
Photographer unknown
Monday, September 7, 2015
Owl Creek Canyon
... in the hall / my map of Owl Creek Canyon
... sooner or later
... we put our fears to rest
Photograph of Owl Creek Canyon by GemLane
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Two Crows
... two crows ... followed me from Chaco / to this farmer's field
... all my secrets woven in their wings
... all my secrets woven in their wings
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Just Up From Your House
... just up from your house / we sit side by side on the steps of the church
... watch black ants in a crack on the sidewalk
Monday, August 24, 2015
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
Late Summer Heart
... lie still ... listen
... the world's song rising from the meadow
Khokhloma folk art, Russian, 1937
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Amber Beads
... amber beads in a glass vase / a necklace from my mother's childhood
... sits on my windowsill / holding the light
Photograph by Gilen Linn
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The Fawn
... a new fawn on the side of the road ... gone only a few hours
... my son gently carries him into the woods ... my heart aching with summer
Photograph by Adelphi
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The Weight
... sitting on the tailgate of your old pickup
... wanting to want what's before me
... paralyzed by the unbearable weight
Underwater sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor
Monday, July 20, 2015
Driftwood
... somewhere near Copper Falls we let resentment go
... slept under the stars
... driftwood // anchored among the rocks
Photograph by Mike Reyfman
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Cherry Tomatoes
... some poems live in us for decades before their time arrives
... cherry tomatoes popping in our mouths the last day of summer
Photograph by Laura Berman, greenfusephotos.com
Monday, July 13, 2015
The First Time I Saw You
... your chambray shirt among the stacks / our favorite book between us
... you remembered the first line / I, the last ... "Aaron entered into agony."
Photograph by Jeff Stanford
Monday, July 6, 2015
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Indigo Bunting
... on river road an indigo bunting
... I hold him in my palm / caress his broken wing
... across town another friend passes from this world
Photograph by Chris O' Leary
Friday, July 3, 2015
The Last Time I Saw You
... the last time I saw you
... I was in the elevator watching the doors close
... mouthing goodbye
... like we'd both lost our hearing
Photograph by Mel Lindstrom
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Wild River Summer
... she remembers rain on his face
... her body hard against the picnic table
...... wild river summer
Photograph by Glen Luchford
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The Trees Grow Older
... I'm done with all the wanting and needing ... thinking this,
or that, will surely fill the lonely hours
... I like this slow unfolding / ... the trees grow older
Photograph by Casey Yee
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Midnight Bus
making your way down the center aisle
you take a seat in the back next to him
ride the quiet miles toward the hills of Tennessee
so that when he speaks
you already belong to the past
thirty seven years later
you will sit at your kitchen table late at night
think of him
the strange alchemy that brought you to that midnight bus
his dark hair in dim light
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Through the Open Door
... on the high road to Chimayo
... a little church with a dirt floor
... through the open door ... wild sage
Photograph by Santiago Tolman
... a little church with a dirt floor
... through the open door ... wild sage
Photograph by Santiago Tolman
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
A Stronger Foothold
... among the ferns and forget me nots
... she wanders the banks of the river
... tenderly seeking a stronger foothold
The photograph is mine.
Monday, June 8, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
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