drink coffee at bedtime
have faster dreams all night
Thursday, April 22, 2010
transplant
surrounded by buildings
she glances often at the sky
with its darting birds
and remembers: earth beneath
the pavement
she glances often at the sky
with its darting birds
and remembers: earth beneath
the pavement
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
consoled
rush of commute traffic
the thump of party music gearing up
the neighbor screaming at her little ones again
ah, a nuthatch calls--it has found our trees
the thump of party music gearing up
the neighbor screaming at her little ones again
ah, a nuthatch calls--it has found our trees
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
binocular vision
one small eye on each side of the nose
is sufficient
the face opens to the scenery
like a garage door
is sufficient
the face opens to the scenery
like a garage door
Sunday, April 18, 2010
melting pot
with kitchen scissors
before the family house
cross-legged on a patch of lawn
the little man, ancient, sits
scissoring the grass
before the family house
cross-legged on a patch of lawn
the little man, ancient, sits
scissoring the grass
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
saved again, by Medicine
eyes, there must be more for you to see
the neighbor's rhododendron about to bloom
our hydrangeas, about to answer
the neighbor's rhododendron about to bloom
our hydrangeas, about to answer
Thursday, April 15, 2010
interlude
the sea lay undisturbed--
for days, not a swallow
.
dark shadow of her former self
lay draped across the floor
.
night birds' clicks
beeps swishes hums
.
held to the bed with tubes
over an abyss of fear
.
happy Easter said the slight man cheerfully
then fretted, are you Christian?
she noticed she could not say no
for days, not a swallow
.
dark shadow of her former self
lay draped across the floor
.
night birds' clicks
beeps swishes hums
.
held to the bed with tubes
over an abyss of fear
.
happy Easter said the slight man cheerfully
then fretted, are you Christian?
she noticed she could not say no
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
slow recovery
between the impulse and the act
a gulf too wide to bridge--
the hand, reaching for the door knob
stops just short
a gulf too wide to bridge--
the hand, reaching for the door knob
stops just short
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
picture
red-wing blackbirds
crowing in the young trees
of the Walmart parking lot
preening themselves to glossy
crowing in the young trees
of the Walmart parking lot
preening themselves to glossy
Monday, April 12, 2010
Lake Merritt
downtown, among the buildings
blue water has cleared
a wide space for itself and the birds
blue water has cleared
a wide space for itself and the birds
Sunday, April 11, 2010
housing crisis
the fragrant lumber flowed through town
houses advanced like haze on a pane
as for the northern forests
o carnage, o destruction
the satellite cried, looking down
houses advanced like haze on a pane
as for the northern forests
o carnage, o destruction
the satellite cried, looking down
glancing up from the Safeway parking lot
beneath the daytime moon,
a grapefruit tree with brighter moons
among its clustered leaves
a grapefruit tree with brighter moons
among its clustered leaves
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
hallucinatory
on the pane drawn in front of reality
figures appeared spoke their lines, left
she withheld judgment
believed the ones that remained
the moon in the picture, though
never moved
figures appeared spoke their lines, left
she withheld judgment
believed the ones that remained
the moon in the picture, though
never moved
Thursday, April 8, 2010
nausea
flat as a leaf, she felt herself blown
through nets of tree roots underground
then whirled into air
somersaulting over houses
through nets of tree roots underground
then whirled into air
somersaulting over houses
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
conversation with the other side of the face
"If I would dye my hair
I'd look much younger," I said
"That's ok," I replied
"I'd rather be secretly young."
I'd look much younger," I said
"That's ok," I replied
"I'd rather be secretly young."
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
clouds sweep in
a remembered sky!
over a foreign landscape...
how easy it is
to move the sky
over a new home
over a foreign landscape...
how easy it is
to move the sky
over a new home
Monday, January 11, 2010
event
out of silence, shouts
louder, angrier
higher, more desperate
a lifted knife plunges
an arm drives downward
break in the clouds
the sun dumps gold over
the man writhing hand-cuffed on the grass
the man lying limp in the driveway,
red and gold
swift cars, blue uniforms,
neighbors in groups, gold-tinged
the ambulance drives away
a gold star on its windshield
louder, angrier
higher, more desperate
a lifted knife plunges
an arm drives downward
break in the clouds
the sun dumps gold over
the man writhing hand-cuffed on the grass
the man lying limp in the driveway,
red and gold
swift cars, blue uniforms,
neighbors in groups, gold-tinged
the ambulance drives away
a gold star on its windshield
Monday, September 28, 2009
in honor of chicory
rising birds, lifting up out of a blue field
illusion of movement--
a still life of sun
on folded and extended wings
illusion of movement--
a still life of sun
on folded and extended wings
welcoming the new driver to, say, an 8-lane freeway
aren't you proud of yourself
the way you can maneuver
accurately, without touching
within this flock
the way you can maneuver
accurately, without touching
within this flock
Sunday, September 27, 2009
on their 21st cruise
it was after they had secured their cabin
and arranged things in the cabinets and drawers
that she sat down on the bed suddenly, and said
you know what, Jamie?
I wish I were home
and arranged things in the cabinets and drawers
that she sat down on the bed suddenly, and said
you know what, Jamie?
I wish I were home
Saturday, September 26, 2009
note for nation building
instead of they, them
I really want to hear more us
those of us, those among us...
I want the things that unite us
to decorate our shelves
I really want to hear more us
those of us, those among us...
I want the things that unite us
to decorate our shelves
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