When I wished upon a star
There’s a small cabin in the pines by a secluded lake in north Ontario. I had rented it for two weeks every summer for twelve years. The Belvedere it is … Continue Reading When I wished upon a star
A second chance
Somewhere in great Andromeda’s arm, a thing’s found floating in a salient stream. The button eyes and sewn smile of a Raggedy Ann, transfixed by the burnished … Continue Reading A second chance
A hand taken
Trickle-down drops and slowed lightning speak to me of pathways. Oh, I know that practice makes perfect. Must I learn, once again, what was glossed over too quickly? Numbers and … Continue Reading A hand taken
Adamless Eve
Dearest Eve- When you are born, may you grow in sacrificial love. May you bathe in the galloping days, take the hand of many, and rejoice in that which is … Continue Reading Adamless Eve
A moment more
I want to hear a snatch of all the songs ever sung. The gong of all the bells ever rung. I want to see, smell, taste the flowing rains that … Continue Reading A moment more
Follow the moon
What sievewill distill a dream? A thing of momentintimated,but confoundedby dictionary devils. Enticing in its grey distance,alluring in its apple wholeness,it follows like a moon. One wakesto the knives of … Continue Reading Follow the moon
Time for sleep
I cry inside. I see the sky in robin’s egg blue. Things of old have turned to gold, unglittering. An alchemy, an accretion, to life’s masterpiece. I fear I’m being … Continue Reading Time for sleep
Hurry hard
Each of us wanted safety.Father, from trouble’s horde.Mother, from father.We chickens, from the storm. All of us were running,and love was hard pressed to keep up.Adolescence held confusion, guilt,and strange … Continue Reading Hurry hard
A cure for the chills
Me, I like a slate-tinted sky. Shales of ice, opaque underfoot. The remains of thistles and rushes. Holistic winds that purify all but notions. … Continue Reading A cure for the chills
The stairs, the stars
I will want my eyes open if I can, when it happens. Don’t stay if it’s too hard. But if you do, you might see, in my dry eyes, a … Continue Reading The stairs, the stars
Even the Angels must play
Some Angels from a silent night had gathered on a day, for so it was their Lord’s delight to watch them all at play. On silky chains and silver chairs, … Continue Reading Even the Angels must play
Shamblings
I taped my mouth shut for ten years, ‘til a professional told me it was wrong, I should wean. There were pills, too, that hypnotized the disobedient sleep, then upsold … Continue Reading Shamblings
Earnestly
Remember how to sing. If not, to hum, or whistle a waltz. Understand the beast, and restrain it with a stumbling spot dance. Think of your goodness, and not of … Continue Reading Earnestly
A killing
What’s lent is a conjured greenfield. A tree spreads, knows the horizon. I will feed on atmosphere aquamarine and minty clouds. Give a cry at tempting scenes of primal histories, … Continue Reading A killing
A grave matter
When I’ve left this locking body, sack me in a shawl. Don’t let this cat out of the bag. Roll me over in the clover, sling me slowly into the … Continue Reading A grave matter
Happy days are here again
Suppose you could take me with you. Into this, your shiny time of smiling at the sun, of feeling the quickening of love’s stirrings. Of planning without the thought of … Continue Reading Happy days are here again
