Poetry
The Beautiful Fall
We speak of the fall, and I think he did
that man born a man and never a kid.
He tended the garden according to plan,
but lonely was he, this overalled man.
The bones all around him just slightly askew -
the grizzly, the wild hare, the common house shrew.
So one weary day he left barrow and tool,
took...
September 2nd, 2010 | Poetry | Read More
Untitled Poem No. 2
I do not see your face in the moon
Though once I saw your face in the moonlight, and
I cannot find you in the sunset
Though once we walked
Through an explosion of amber, ruby and topaz
And talked of nothing and all things and sun things.
I look for you in the stars of steel
And space-age plastics that...
August 31st, 2010 | Featured, Poetry | Read More
pierced
your gentle gaze
my heart pounds
if you know me for who i am
your attraction would fade
repulsion, detraction, distraction
how can you still pursue me after all of this?
my betrayals many – my faithfulnesses few
yet you are still looking at me
calling me to you
is it possible that a love could...
August 28th, 2010 | Featured, Fiction & Poetry, Poetry | Read More
Shop Talk: A Poem
Dominant Male, requires adoring and
obedient submissive for strict discipline
and body worship.
Vintage-model SWM, 50, looking for
experienced driver with well-kept garage who
prefers smooth driving for possible long-distance
adventure. I handle mountain roads well and
still have juice in the battery.
Voice...
August 17th, 2010 | Poetry | Read More
A Man of Letters
Scholar and saint
Warrior on the frontlines of dialog
Vigilant night watchman
Of humble origins and great destiny
Master of debate and polemics
Poet
Paragon
Keeper of ancient texts
Man of parables and aphorisms
Master of morphology
Prince of phonology
The editor of destinies
Keeper of slush piles
King...
July 16th, 2010 | Poetry | Read More
i…
I am wake. I am tired.
I am freed. I am mired.
I fall as I rise.
No, I fall more.
I am here. I am yonder.
I am stay. I am wander.
Finish is start.
I’ve been here before.
I am blank. I am bolded.
I am in. I am folded.
Yes is a whisper.
A thunder is no.
I am nod. I am shaken.
I am free. ...
July 13th, 2010 | Poetry | Read More
on hearing the news
brenda is dying
janey is throwing tantrums
laura is barren and molly peed her pants
and angela is lonelyandjakeishungryandhaiti
isdrowningandbutterfliesaredancingand
i
can’t
breathe.
crying is redundant
complaining is indulgent
so i stare at the embers of campfires
and ignorance
longing for a moment
infused...
February 22nd, 2010 | Poetry | Read More
The Long Surrender
And then came the long surrender…
- B.H. Fairchild, “Rave On”
The larger church an hour away came courting
and my father accepted the call.
Whether it was his will or God’s,
the son had no choice but to follow.
It was the first exodus of my memory;
a confused goodbye to yellow...
December 3rd, 2009 | Poetry | Read More
marriage: a study
it’s always at night
the whirring fan
the sweat of a too hot day
under too hot sheets
all that closeness
that exposes all that vastness
between who i am
and who are you
my closet renegade
my faraway bedfellow
the thundering sundering silence between us
suffocates me
while you sleep
unflinching
unfeeling
unaware...
November 19th, 2009 | Poetry | Read More
We Talked For A Little Too Long Over Cold Coffee and Classical Music
Yes yes
There is that
And there is that
Too
I hear my bus
So please just be good
Today my friend.
October 12th, 2009 | Poetry | Read More


