Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Song for Elena

Song for Elena.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

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



Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Wolf Creek Falls

Wolf Creek Falls (pt. 3)