Month: April 2023

The hawk sees by the light of a moon that dwells in ease, flying low without the need to seize some mouse sleeping in the night. Restful now in its flight, no vision of the dance cerise, lofting on a gentle breeze, lacy trees, a...

Your eyelid twitches on this night Out with him whom I just met. He pretended not to see me or hear you. You’re an opera singer cranking pop tunes To keep him comfy. A shock of your hair Would escape. (But no, I mustn’t kid...

I could swear there’s a ghost in the cloudless night because I feel someone, something. An inky hawk against the moon peeks into the lacy trees. (He’s not now searching for the mouse.) A cerulean shadow speaks of the unseen. Am...

Sun screams its bright. Rises up straight                       despite clouds, reflects brazen                       on snow. Not the bold of bright tulips the pale of daffodil—or any color, really                            ...

Is he coming? The “indestructible 350” has a familiar rumble. Triggers me to peer out windows, take down steps two at a time. The truck pulls up the long hill. Breathe deep. A week of futile fears and uneasy sleep...

In the pale morning, hope is a child,         willing to try anything. At the grocery store, arrowed aisles, sentries, sanitizer advertise the danger of getting                         too up-close. Eyes peer over...

We were friends, but different. I loved her loud laughter as it ripped raucous down staid hallways. Proper professionals tried to shush her. Didn’t work. She admired my cooking, the let’s take it on the road       ...

Silence fell like sheets of rain and the soft gurgles of spout and drain. Each room an empty vessel, a hollowed-out shell, an ocean’s echo chamber. Thought she heard the stumbling buzz of bees bumping into the screens, leaving...