I am a tree beside the water my ancient roots run deep and wide in Mother Earth as one body dies
I saw their faces as clearly as if… on their stones beneath their name… heard their voices in the trees whose roots go deep into their dus… and into the dust of this Island
once the larvae have hatched how long can they survive without… each day I go forceps in hand to count the dead
the universe opens accepting my homecoming sky races by
I am a rock on the shore of the magnificent ocean millions of years by the magnificent ocean and millions more
In the lamplight leaf shadows break on the ragged edges of my heart
Snowflakes or fireflies Beneath an oval moon Do I wake or dream?
All I wanted to do was ride my mo… And make out at Spooner’s Point. But when Mary Daley got pregnant Her father threatened me with the… So I married her and went to work
My queen for a day My man’s is in drag again Halloween party
Now that love has died Only silence remains between Two lonely people
Autumn dusk descends Street lights run on rain-slicked… To glistening pools
I met her at the supermarket this… She told me she works in the schoo… I saw again a little girl nervousl… at the taunting –Tallest girl in g… And I wonder if she’s back there…
The taste of winter ice Dug in August from the sawdust Of Conley’s ice house The slap of the screen door On Grammy’s porch
Time for a pit stop Half face in rear view mirror Road unwound behind
GRAVE POEM: EDITH MUDGET… How is it that I, who kept my hou… And, indeed, my life, and the live… Of my family, in perfect order; I, who made the beds before they w…