Tag Archives: Sorrow

Before Coffee

A small bird in the yardPesters the dayWith a shrill, persistent cryWhy–why?Why–why?Why–why? You want to go back to sleep You just found out a friend diedYou just found out He was in a lot of painThere’s been another derailmentOf a trainAnd so many … Continue reading

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Sorrow and Grace

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White Woods

WHITE WOODS You skid the black ice of the nightSwervingLeft and rightA zigzagging diagonalDazed awakeAs if in a video gameBeing chased by ghostsWhirling for escapeThe heavy night scraping against youScratching your face You leave the car in the snowTaking in … Continue reading

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It All Seems So Real

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Being Alive

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Still Life

Still Life   The picture is upside down Framed by wood, not by magic Abstract now, comic Tragic As mortal as the hand that paints The curtain where the woman faints Reveals the witness To the border that decides perception … Continue reading

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Bird Box

Bird Box   You saw the darkness In the bird box of your secrets But you didn’t remove the blindfold   There was a place But you couldn’t reach it With your eyes open   You did not forget The … Continue reading

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The Threat of Song

What words form this lexicon Where you were here but You are gone   The threat of song The spoken cry The voice that fails itself As the feeling swells to rise Dying alive In the throat   And so … Continue reading

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