THE LIFE LIMITED
To the train that runs past my home every night in rural NY
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THE PERILS OF BEING THE BEST
I’ve been balancing all my dreams
On rings and bars and mats
Long before you got off your couch
To write uncharitable scat
Flunking Retire -ment
I have flunked that good, after life Leaving desk, chalk, and youth sublime Eight years and a clarion Continue reading
SPRING – Vol. II
Comes in on muddy skids Ignoring the calendar Shaving its low gray brow Undercover of a high cloudy sky Wet Continue reading
The Beloved Monster
Walking against the wind Off the lake slows my pace I consider the remnants of The coldest February on record Continue reading
KITE SEASON
Happiness builds a fast fire Underfoot the running child In fields wild with flowers Laughing, some unknown joy, That life Continue reading
MARCH 3rd
we remain road-kill / frozen, run over by ice and time
Safeguards of Spring
The lake is down – To the frozen edges A swan or two And tasteless Geese footing To rocky nests Continue reading
