Category Archives: Memory

A Light Wind Whispering

Posted on Monday, August 21st, 2017 11:39 am by

The August marshes matted by blue herons Passing from slow channel to slow channel In daily pursuit of the tides’ swell and decline Are scrawled between fields and the sea Cattails are thin pencil strokes slanting now In a light … Continue reading →

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Lilacs Convulsed the Sea

Posted on Sunday, June 18th, 2017 7:31 pm by

Hello again, it’s been a while Since we walked that lonely mile Together to an empty beach Full of silences we couldn’t breach. The moon brimmed full—all promises Of love and lingering kisses And quiet mornings with words unsaid That … Continue reading →

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As It Ever Was

Posted on Monday, April 18th, 2016 3:26 pm by

As children and as teenagers It was brother Robert could take Everything apart. Was also The one able to put it all Back together. Or, if needed, Make something new and workable From the pieces. Head bent, molars Grinding slow, you … Continue reading →

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The Glasses and the Plates and the Silverware (poems from old notebooks [August? 1992])

Posted on Sunday, April 10th, 2016 2:25 pm by
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West Point, Once Upon a Time

Posted on Friday, April 8th, 2016 4:55 pm by

An old brown dog of no particular breed Lay in the shade with his tongue hanging out. In a sprawl of poplar behind the barn A cat’s ears flattened, scolded by swallows. Late July, and the western capes crumbled In … Continue reading →

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When the Magnolia Stands in the Wind

Posted on Thursday, March 17th, 2016 11:39 am by

When the sun comes up in the morning On some ragged green day in May The magnolia will open its blossoms, Plant its fragrance square in your way. You’ll stand there with your bare face hung out As you realize … Continue reading →

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Fieldstone Dislodged by A Plow

Posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 4:37 pm by

You’re tired and the world Tastes daily of death. Out here in the field The crows and gulls pry Into the furrows Crumbling behind you. You’re tired and the world Talks daily of death. Behind you the crows And gulls … Continue reading →

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