My Ambitious Poem

When I woke up this morning, I wanted to write my first 1000 line poem.Ambitious, perhaps, but it’s been my … More

By day the slow clenching, by night

my tongue bitten to bloody point,harder and harder, I feel it now, and justa little bit harder now, yes, there, … More

Remember how the flakes of snow fell that day,catch on your tongue slow, fluttering like moths,like feathers, gentle rocking motion, … More

I have suspicions about the last ghost in my housewho does not haunt me, but might have done the washand … More

All those times you’d been togethernot holding onto you, sticking with you,how after all this can laughter heal you, evercome … More

You know, my fate’s really always come down to you.It’s been that way since 1982.I’ve counted the years nearly every … More

We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe … More

When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday … More

Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows … More

pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in … More

This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed … More

Sometimes I think I’ve becomethat man it’s said will never understand the boyeven though he has been that boybecause he’s … More

The more I drinkthe higher the cigarette butts pile up in the ashtraythe more I think . . . That … More

I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t … More

so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will … More

I gave you everythingI want it backall of itright noweven all these years laterunlessyou don’t have it anymoreall tossed long … More

I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More

Our guide seats us on the time worn smooth stones of the ancient wallhuge and never breached defense ringing round … More

on a map we scana pinpoint we missangel almost headeddance so finestuck too throughfound unfoundout the other sidelost, no, lost, … More

when sorrow impossibly palesloss of what made sense and words lostcome untethered time and rhymeunreasoned rants in late day hazespeech … More