I would watch the lake ice break upMonstrous blocksCompeting for space as they expandedWorking against each otherConstantly shifting positionsAt night … More
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Winter
Go ahead near the end and try To warm yourself in solitary winter Go burn the letters, the diaries, the … More
Enclosure
There is no living with us nowWhen we’re all boxedInside like thisThe walls closing outsideAnd each of us butting headsAgainst … More
Living Free
Today in my yard a mynah birdCalls its characteristic chirpFrom up in the mango treeI don’t see them displayed in … More
And I Miss Him Now
Teaching tough kidsIn a notoriously tough schoolCan be tough on you It was well knownHe only came to campusFor my … More
The Moon Setting
It was always like, Hey, brahThe f-ing moon’s setting on usWe gotta get outta this placeBecause our folksAre gonna freak … More
Out and In
I’m the flower pinned to a party wallI’m the violet that always shrinksI’m hardly the life of anythingIt’s a bit … More
No Such Thing as Even Days
Every slice of frozen timeHeld up to the examining lightHold your place in itWith a wrinkling index fingerAnd crooked bonedWhile … More
Ocean Meditation
A dazed light reflectionSun glinting on its fast free runUnleashed across the sky refractionArc of a bright bird winging onTo … More
The Pink Piggy Bank
The gold sun slipsInto the thin horizon lineAnother day spentNot paid for but savedFilling a memory bankGrowing fatWith another coin … More
Toward a Better End
He rarely restedHardly treadedSwam forwardPushing throughA thickening waterWearing out his arms and legsWeaving through uneven lanesCurve and swerveInching aheadTo touch … More
He Wove Magic
He fought as a flyweight in his Wisconsin college daysSkinny, yes, but a vicious tacticianGrowing up on Kaua‘i, his nickname … More
Just So You Know
Things that bloomKnow no nameBut what’s given by thoseMoving things they senseForget whatever it is they’re calledNor do they careBeing … More
Finding Home
He’d buried happy moments of the past back to the beginning, and then, very near the end, he followed the … More
Two Lives
He sits in concert on his roof tonightWrapped around his guitarBlues rifts and lonesome lyricsThe sound that money makesAnd fame … More
Immortal
This is good; I want to be alone. I’m amazed I’m the only one here. You’d think the place would be swarming … More
Against Time
I always plant carefully and tend my garden wellPray, Jim, and keep hoeingHow will my simple garden growNothing even closeTo … More
The Autumn of Leaves
I’d rake autumn leaves on Barton Streethuge mounds when it was legalTo burn the red and yellow remnantsOf those hibernating … More
A Precious Few
The movie shows, unwindingThis life, the action, no matter how timeMay seem unsynced some, it’s always linear,The actor a prisoner … More
When love finds me
Arms open wideWrap me up tightFor a bright springAnd melt into mellow summer Where love’s the dream aliveFor me like lifeWarm hours … More
Lanning Lee 