The Gardener

I’m watching through the running glass window, an old one from 1926.I see my father, his figure slightly distorted in … More

Shanghai Tower

I wouldn’t get caught dead in Dubai, so probably then in the endthe tallest building I’ll ever have visited in … More

Benevolent Time sat cross-legged on the mantle smiling,saying she’d push it over, her index finger often fakingflicking it, when, to … More

It’s a storm brewing a good distance away, hit or pass me questions,perfectness of June moons, the chaos of a … More

See here, this is her jigsaw puzzle, given to me early on, that from the firstI can remember, I began … More

I stand at my stove, arms against the dark glass surface, watching the water in a pot.I’m waiting for a … More

You must be right-handed. I blush, turn my head and give her a sideways glance. Oh no, not that. I … More

I hear that gentle knock at the door, my teacher Time, again.She comes around, and we sit together on my … More

You can’t turn around and follow your sweetbread and malasada crumb trail back in time.Frighteningly, friend, it’s been sucked up … More

I sing a fall chill wind exploring the corners here, on the downside of town,the sun unable to peer into … More

It’s possible I may live longer than my parents did.Desperation for more time should affect me with less intensitymaybe, given … More

I notice her here this evening, watch her closely, intentlylistening to a fly buzz and bump up against the screen. … More

He tired of writing poems aboutmorning, old age, and birds,telling buds, planets, fate, and war,how everyone knows meadows and hate … More

I think about how I heard you rant at death for so long,then near the end ask for it to … More

I really can’t remember a greatest fear growing up. Maybegoing to the dentist. That all changed with the movie Jaws. I used … More

So they don’t look like ones, you taught me, thatwill bring us back to all the music in Madison held … More

i.You grow a green world, have a green thumb, I see,and I gladly enter into your loamy scented Eden,hung with … More

I can still picture the pair of fuzzy dice swingingfrom my little orange Karmann Ghia’s rearview mirror.I never knew whether to … More

i.I don’t know if it was the auburn hair with golden highlights,or the bright red lipstick smile, the dashing scarf … More

I can hardly say I lived by a frozen lake, on cigarettes and beer,my diet at night, when I’d hear … More