PORTRAIT OF DISAPPOINTMENT
after years of hoping things would changegiving in to "well, that's the way it is,"look me in eyes and realizethis is who...
Interstate
Most take the ramp for common needslike heeding nature’s urgent call.No matter where the journey leads,though, for some reason exit all,
Like getting out to...
geometric pattern, untroubled
how long traced
out there on the marble floor
in paradise—where we have just arrived
our object–we are again reminded
was to love and be fully...
Merton in East Asia
Those daysthat carried him
never carried himfar enough
Thomas Merton foresawhis death in a vision
and still flew to Thailandon a speaking tour
An accidentalcrown...
Limerence“The heart writes in indelible ink”~Steve Almond, “Ecstasy”
I followed you out west,when I was in despair—you took me back, reluctantly.We spent the winter in...
When Her Boyfriend Leaves
the dense wooden door slams shut with only a fewcentimeters of clearance from the cold tile floor,forcing a gust of frigid...
Found Poem in Christmas LetterFrom a Former Blond Bombshell
Our abilities shrink daily.Dave is on his walker.I am on oxygen.We are often cranky.
Goldenrod
I saw my...
Verbal Escalation
Slowly, but surely I've been establishingresidency in your bedroom. I took out thatvacancy sign months ago. The services I'vereceived here are some of...
Winter Solstice
We drive in the darkpast the open fieldsinto the neighborhood:Millions of lights on the housesin the trees—the world a-twinkle with hopewhile overhead a...
Street Scene
Early evening heat rises frompavements, from cement and asphalt,carrying a scent slightly sour,slightly acrid—oily and tar-like.
Outside the café, beyond its fenced-intables, a large...
