Poetry

Archeology Two old men with trowels and a permitdig a strategic trench from just beyondthe base of the tulip poplar to theedge of the mound, where an old etching nowsuggests something lies undiscovered. Theyoften spent...

HAUNTED ONE I sleep with fairieswhile dreamingthe truthof my soul,eyes closed,staring.Magic within,rooted inside;scarce without;abundant,once I am found.Outside, the darkhaunts mebut inside mind’s eye,light of truthaboundsand…darkness becomesthe haunted one. EMPTY AGAIN grief grips my eyesspills rain down my...

GEORGIA PINE Termites have chewedAt the wood and bark.Too many tiny teethHad their way withThe pine tree's structure.Its coniferous body grewWeak, susceptible to disease, brittleAs the yearsAnd the stormsQuickly coast by.Is it too lateTo be...

four haikus about remembrance i have now realized,i am not made equallavished in dreadful hope every now and then,hurried footsteps dart across.hope they come my way; wait behind bushes,for a chance to pounce uponlet their teeth wrench...

the dancer purple light, red light, strobe light, black light, she walks on stage in tight white turned neon, wipes the pole long and lean with a wash rag, turns to talk to the DJ...

I Accept I've been carrying around questions for the treatment facility in...

Old Edith. Blind old Edith is planting her garden With seeds she will never see grow. She fumbles in the packet, Her gnarled arthritic fingers Struggling to grasp them Then place them in a row. Maybe next summer She'll smell their sweet...

Solitude What is this body but stone, frozen; I think of cotton candy clouds above this roof of no escape.The front door looks worse where grubby hands opened it up wide like blooming spring flowers...

Icons Elvis has left the building.He used the disabled persons’ ramp,Complained about all the pills he has to takeFor high blood pressure, for cholesterol.He’s taking his white jump suit for repair.He’s losing his rhinestones,He’s losing...