Poems

  • i’m fine.

    i’m fine.

    “I feel bad” or “like sad”, all the words you just saybecome “I’m fine” and “I’m…

  • Writing today is hard

    Once measured and careful, I sped up waiting for you,I crossed desolate mountains with hope of…

  • What was it

    What was it

    What was it –Who was I to scout my own way?Directions lead nowhere as maps fade…

  • On a walk

    On a walk

    Western winds breath your name, dispelling dread.Oaks and buckeyes wake to declare you near.Winged signs descend…

  • Calm

    Calm

    I am calm. The fridge buzzes, the dryer clanks, the birds sing, a car passes by.…

  • To dance against the future…

    To dance against the future…

    To dance against the future is one hell of a thingOne drop of fortune, three drops…

  • First Song

    First Song

    When vengeance met duty I drew back my bowIn hushed desperate for beauty, for rhythm and…

  • Hereditary

    Hereditary

    These powers that you gave,Fraught hope and levity,They charged me with a huntFamished depth and clarity,To…

  • Experement

    Enter Eden’s elfs,help hem the dress,The effect gets better,the end resplendent,Gentle Eden felt merry, Wretch elves…

  • Concrete Crawlers…

    Concrete Crawlers…

    Concrete crawlers prance in clear cloak of dayConcealing quick panic in crimson hedges delayedCrawlers, who crooned…

  • Demeter

    Demeter

    When winter’s first poppy,With a youthful determined spirit,Breached the earth’s surface,Frosty rays hit the green tail,As…

  • Fire

    Fire

    Melody of a furnace does smoke, crackle, spitSits an iron box on a stage made of…

  • An Ending

    An Ending

    I sit pleading with a forgotten memory,That I’ll know your face, to face your enemies.But if…

  • Wait

    Wait

    From time to time I feel you near,A roaring notion, an ancient frontier,Fading truth of comfort…

  • Long Voyage

    Long Voyage

    Moon drops landed on the kelp filled seashore-Marking the tide turning to then from before.Mistakes and…

  • For You

    For You

    The ground, it wept, it bled for You,Who race to dethread the desperate MendFor you, the…

  • Laughter

    Laughter

    I can’t remember when I last laughed.Not for punctuation, politeness or show.To hear joy deep within…

  • Willow Witch

    Willow Witch

    The willow calls to wind that winds still lochs,Call awake sleeping wicked dethroned.To crawl in homes,…

  • Horses

    Horses

    Born from a spring,To spring forth to life,To live as a partner,A partner in strife.Roaming high…

  • Raking

    Raking

    My neighbor rakes up leaves as the summer burns the springThe noises reach the bees, fragile,…

  • Water Glass

    Water Glass

    Cool and smooth,Stray droplets meet my hand. Refracting and enhancing,Bright lemon floats atopThe clear water. Slightly…

  • Red Hawk

    Red Hawk

    Like the Red Hawk that comes down for water Amused or bamboozled by yesterday’s martyr Who…

  • Change

    Change

    A casual observer on the run from my own life.Devastated from the outcome of what once…

  • Stuck

    Stuck

    Every step I take the universe laughs,As she pulls me back to the beginning,In a vicious,…

  • Star Gazing

    Star Gazing

    There was a call late Sunday night,A conference to hide the stars from my site.For fear…

  • In A Grove

    In A Grove

    Wait for me on this summer day,Where mule deer roam and vultures play.Beneath the oaks, atop…

  • Skyward

    Skyward

    Why do I live with the fear that I could slip into the sky at any…

  • Prophecy

    Prophecy

    The world tree is dyingThere’s poison in its limbsThe ogum staves are crackingdestruction’s closing in.The silver…

  • Detach

    Detach

    The air, it has not tasteThe trees refuse to singThe wind does not caressThe water carries…

  • Semaleus

    Semaleus

    The raging bull that once lit the sky with protective destruction,has, ever so slowly, redesigned his…