Category Archives: New poems

The Sun and I Both

Posted on Thursday, August 10th, 2017 11:39 am by

This morning the sun and I both
Rose reluctantly, clouds moving Continue reading →

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Looking Towards the Gulf at Evening

Posted on Sunday, July 30th, 2017 6:58 pm by

The wind is from the northeast this early Evening and not as sharp as it often is, Having worn out for now its cold Chisels of water and sand sculpting All day, as it has every day For millennia, the … Continue reading →

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The Lindens are in Flower

Posted on Sunday, July 23rd, 2017 11:39 am by

On these nights in July When you must be elsewhere The bedroom still grows warm And I open the window to breathe. Outside, the lindens are in flower. When I close my eyes, Their scent seeps into the sheets And … Continue reading →

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The Stars Turn in Silence

Posted on Thursday, July 20th, 2017 11:39 am by

Most nights when you are not here I open my window and listen To how the wind moves in the trees Like your breath quick in my ears. No wind tonight since sunset. The stars, Restless as always, turn in … Continue reading →

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The Feet of Blue Herons

Posted on Thursday, July 6th, 2017 11:39 am by

If you happen to live in another town, Or country, or even galaxy As dim and distant in time as in space From these words, this language, the narrow Range of pitch across its plosive phonemes, Do not worry if … Continue reading →

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Ocean Sounds in the Distance

Posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 4:13 pm by

You’ll find, if you sit under lilacs And watch the people pass by, The wind will bring you their murmurs As sibilant and seemingly sensical As the ocean sounds in the distance Responding to gravity’s mumbled Recitations of the numbers … Continue reading →

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Looking West Across the Marsh, Late Afternoon

Posted on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 10:12 am by

The herons are preliminary Scrawls, penciled faint against the sky, Most with their bodies tilted at forty-five Degrees to the imaginary Horizon at the vanishing point, Gliding in on barely discernible arcs; Two are turning and curling their wings In … Continue reading →

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