Too often lately, on my nightly walk I make out a form half in shadow down the block. I’m sure that she or he waits on their dog, but closer it’s the work of dark and fog. More clearly
Category: Poetry
me, lying on the concrete, not even meeting your eyes you, sitting crossed-legged with a half-smile on your lips him, falling off the longboard and laughing for an empty ballroom me, catching the peeling smiles from his skin and
Learning to let go We are rich in last days Call it practiceHard at first to stomachOvernightsVisits from distant friendsVacationsPetsSummer campEarly onWe can carry on, cryTake weeks to recoverLater there are School, weekendsRomancesLast performances of choirs, dance troupes, playsLast days of
Pink, picking himself up from his slip in the drizzle, he said: “Well, at least I didn’t fall into the mud over there. That happened to me just last week. Believe that? Right before clocking in!” “You see, that’s
How is it that you could love me so, with every part of my body shattered, each little piece glimmering in sunlight? How is it that you ask me to love them with every crack, every failure that holds
A lady’s unmentionables are such Because they are what leave the Individual at her most vulnerable. Alluring in their mysterious, hidden Nature, sight of them is everything To be desired—leaving little to the Imagination. The suspense is deafening, yet
Rearing ungrounded in a waste of seaThe waves rise lean with powerAnd roar inside each callous skull and shellAnd burst their weight of water on the airAnd spill their spray, and break the day itselfWith laughter, laughter, They in
It was supposed to be a full, superb writing day in this early and pure nature: luxurious and broadly abundant, with a brook by perky-bird woods, colorful blooms in unmown grass, and funny frogs in some numbers. Dumb: I’ve
Yesterday when we walked through Bungalow Heaven saying many of the same things we often say of the houses we like and don’t like —houses we’ll likely never have— I’m so happy we’ve been together these 13 years. Even
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