beauty
is like standing
on crumbling land.
it comes sometimes in disguise
...
I watched
her,
warm sun reflecting
against her soft American hair
...
I slipped up regretfully on the last shreds
Of remaining honesty
and what little I had left
of respect
...
Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' - events and history
(also, Love) caught
in the making: these years
surrounding the year 1812: a time of
...
a flagrant hesitancy -
uncommonly
feathered as such, thus fumbling,
a misunderstanding sinks deeply
...
another poem -another recent event
born from solitude, taking its time and
taking shape
in this attempt of mine
...
the psalmist of offered blue skies
has offended his goodly
-Glory- neighbors, confused
...
in your latest letter, what you wrote
about the need of a child inside that you have for
...
Although distance rests
like the softness of a
sweater elbow bent resting in wool,
time and distance have become
...
(Valentine's day in Texas.)
I called my former girlfriend on a payphone
and she answered,
having eagerly awaited my arrival in far-off North Carolina.
...