Monthly Archives: October 2011

Poetry in Motion

When I broke open, words and blood spilled all over the sidewalk. There was God and good and Type O floating in a sticky puddle at the curb. I scrambled to pick up all those letters, to cram them back … Continue reading

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Pablo, In Need of Sugar

In the early morning half-light, when briny dreams have begun their ebb, I search semi-sleep for receding proof of a Patagonian paradise and the name of a man I am sure was me, if only for one night… Through reincarnation … Continue reading

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Baby Blue

He watched his baby grow inside a heavenly body that he’d loved so well and tenderly; it was a like game of magical mystery fruit. One day she was a grape, now she’s a tiny mandarin, and when she reached … Continue reading

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These Autumn Days

These autumn days, have lost their social graces. One minute, flamboyant, splashed out in amber light, the next, they’re curled under a quilt of somber grey; they can’t bear to face themselves or drag their bones through the week. Grasses … Continue reading

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55 Miles High

she flies late at night under a sable sky in that nocturnal haven her wings stretched wide under cover of darkness sheer faith is enough and earthly anguish melts into the black ink above a sky brimmed with grace bends … Continue reading

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Taxidermy

once my brother skinned a gopher and we dried the tiny hide on a rock under the prairie sun the pelt hardened and curled at the edges and later we made little pouches with strings woven through their tops to … Continue reading

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