handful of tried

could,

handful of tried

and wish is in the eyes

the eyes with would grow wide

if

open road

stowed with drive

go--livewire you

wheel wind-steered

your hands around my eyes

your chill climbing my spine

if could through windows goes,

hair and fingerfulls of try

eyes with would grow

leaky-wished and wide

well,

this could go

on forever in this way

poet addresses duck

true

to make a pond

i cannot do

no more than build

fond domicile

nor sturdy hut by skill

but for one while

simple as lakes

i would your waddle

daub with grace

Song for Elena

Song for Elena.

The funeral

1

things when lost

love calcified

frozen tide

shards up brittle

2

all winter wide

lost swells pile

grinding numb ashore

3

like glacial loose

comes slowly

slow and passing comes

the mountain down to scree

love's sub-merge clutter

by lost pulled free

far away

1

the moon cracks a thin smile

the night is such a young thing

the darkness is

stars just being born

the darkness is

receding of now

how memory is dressed

in twinkling dark

2

the moon is new

her mouth is slowly opening in song

night by night

3

grandpa

i will miss you

lake by dawn, mist on air

unknown catch out there

grandma

sure as workworn hands

love in each thing she does

i will miss you remembering me a child

and laughing light-eyed

twinkling back the years

Wolf Creek Falls

Wolf Creek Falls (pt. 3)