behold these inanimate signs
on a page of unlooked-at lines
concealed from the world by mass neglect
skipped by browsers that never connect
...
the mountain enters the house
through a maize ear.
the river brings back planters' soil.
blue night shimmers with heat
...
The bee in a moment's transparence
Unhusks with its flight the Abyss
And from me care and desire shifts
...
Today, come with me,
and we'll stake our claim:
a hiding place
in a quaint, abandoned sawmill,
...
Through storm and sun
a stone slab preserves
the impression of
an antediluvian fish
...
Not to know
someone from Adam...
how long ago that takes us.
The sword-plow and
...
MARILYN THE UNPROFESSIONAL
Marilyn the unprofessional
highly personal description of herself
...
What sacrifice decreed -
the evil done, the heart
resisting - has spoken
plainly in this
...
green in the midst of drab desolation
green ‘til the tide in the street overflows
green that preserves green's green reputation
green behind curtains, like cellist & bow
...
printed books run a risk:
silent, while life shouts.
neglected, despised,
yet a quiet surprise,
...