Remember how the flakes of snow fell that day,catch on your tongue slow, fluttering like moths,like feathers, gentle rocking motion, … More
Tag: #Poetry
I think I know who’s up there
I have suspicions about the last ghost in my housewho does not haunt me, but might have done the washand … More
To Move On
All those times you’d been togethernot holding onto you, sticking with you,how after all this can laughter heal you, evercome … More
The world, grown old
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
No Game Stop
We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe … More
Within a dream
When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday … More
My dog howls at the moon
Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows … More
dot dot dot
pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in … More
2019 in Wuhan
This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed … More
This is now
Sometimes I think I’ve becomethat man it’s said will never understand the boyeven though he has been that boybecause he’s … More
Poetic thought
The more I drinkthe higher the cigarette butts pile up in the ashtraythe more I think . . . That … More
burn that mother down
I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t … More
maybe try saying this
so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will … More
Everything I gave you
I gave you everythingI want it backall of itright noweven all these years laterunlessyou don’t have it anymoreall tossed long … More
I think I’ve known him all my life
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
London/Derry
Our guide seats us on the time worn smooth stones of the ancient wallhuge and never breached defense ringing round … More
that spot there
on a map we scana pinpoint we missangel almost headeddance so finestuck too throughfound unfoundout the other sidelost, no, lost, … More
The moment
when sorrow impossibly palesloss of what made sense and words lostcome untethered time and rhymeunreasoned rants in late day hazespeech … More
Dissolve
dance of souls swayhot ear to warm cheekbaffled sound of heartsrunning throughso small the body spacerclosing of emptiness betweenflesh and … More
Queen of the Supermarket
I saw you just now at Safewayan angel working the register on Christmas day. Every time, like Laurence SterneI admire … More