a poem is A climax; Spent bewildered, returned grasp for that same fire to find only cooling ash

amidst sun rumbling thunder resonance

small brown bird sings top 40 hits through plate glass

the dishwasher sits at the bar phone chimes, finger scrolls Over-hydrated skin wrinkled A white VW pulls up, top down, ZZ top beard...

coffee, water, any drinks? grin preceeds, glance table-wise budwiser I am so sorry, not until 11 11? Alright, coffee miss

Poem knows where I’ve been in my mind Poem watches as I lay down for a long while in the gloaming atop decaying maple leaves a...

There are 13 poems hidden under cuticle follicle inscribed in arterial articulation synaptic symphonies silent 13 poems who...

ask me a question so that I can know my own mind ask me to justify so that I can find fetters that fit the ethereal space between ears...

two sets of tracks (1) meandering to the green underside of decorative cedar shrubs some small morsel (2) meandering to friendship...

I forget to pause in the moments between things. To see the world as it is rather than as the thing I have come from or am going to....

…is not a block it’s a flashing sign erected arrowed in the path of least resistance set up by Ministry of Commerce well intentioned...

flight reminds me not to trust my eyes not to allow myself the luxury of thinking the sun-touched backside of clouds could...

I have taken for granted the able functions of my body. Now that I hurt a lot of the time, I am envious of the times when I did not hurt,...

secondary school bully shows up in my guts churn wracked-wrenching confidence stance power pose positive TED talk totality...

mornings when I wish the fog that hangs like desert-rose-tinted drapes over the lake my inability to form coherent prose would both be...

in the spot where the tin turns to earth bent as if in reverence (more likely a mis-thrown pine round) steady drip drop drip...

press the speed square snug crave measurement inconsistency impatience half haphazard premises try to force cleanliness of...

We came all this way sleep wiped clothes unwrinkled wallet, check, keys, check car purring seats heated To sit in the...

Ok she wrote text ellipses which disappear reappear disappear again kingdoms of possibility built In ruin built once...