(2008)
Lay me down Beneath the forest floor Between holly and oak. Lay me down Where snow and rain
Icy needles Stabbing at the skin, Razor winds Cutting through Layer upon layer,
Winds swirl around me In their familiar way, A touch here, another there, They move me along. I’m like a leaf:
When you look at the moon I see your smile. When you speak to the moon, I hear your whispers. When you cry within the moon’s sig…
Rain has been falling for two days now, The dry soil finally quenched after the long, hot dry. Ditches, ponds and guts
She asked me, “Poppa, What is love?” And I thought and then said “Love is what you need and want it… She thought some and said,
Change is a-coming, And it’s a-stayin’ Change is a-coming, Goodbye.
I’ve seen this pattern before, I… the story might end differently, b… The smell of burning leaves is in… fragrance that rivals the finest r… damp-leaf perfume cleanses the min…
From the sky They come– The geese fall to open-armed earth.
As the party lights dim, as the we… green of summer is forgotten in th… it’s here, it’s time for farewells… Autumn is the year’s last party.… of the party goers. They slip out…
Sun on the water, The surface looks like An old woman’s skin, Delicately wrinkled by time: The time it took for
I walked on the same path With Pablo and Gabriella Last night. It is possible, too, That I heard their music,
He has tiny fingers, tiny toes, tiny ears, and a tiny nose.
The sunrise sun backlit the now br… it passed through them to light a… of fog strewn across the road. I shuffled through those pages ear… would have done so without me.
Listen when the butterfly Settles onto your hand, Feel the footsteps. Marvel in the paper-thin Jewel that has flown to you.