March 2020

  • Day One of the Pandemic

        yes i do kiss you  right now in plain sight  right here on this park bench    in front of the ducks  in front of the trees  still bare from winter    in front of the broken  clouds in front  of the person    biking past  face covered  with a bandana    bandit-style … Continue reading

  • The TRUMP VIRUS, a found poem – January 22, 2020 – March 10, 2020

      we have it totally  under control just  fine very little  in this country  successfully  a very good  ending that I can  assure you as heat  comes on we’re  in great shape  in good shape  around the corner  we have it very  much under control very much under  control in contact  with everyone  working hard … Continue reading

  • Homesafe: poem

      Homesafe   I want to tell you  how spring feels in Alaska, next  to the sea, with aspen & cedar with eagles & gulls.    I want to tell you  how spring feels here, beside  the river, with spruce  & pine, with robins & crows. I want    to tell you how  this sky… Continue reading

  • COVID-19

                                COVID-19 This morning I went to the clinic for the laying-on of hands.  Snow and brittle ice still rest in shadowed places. Squirrels  argue or court in the spruce trees. We hold hands, my love  and I, as we walk the river trail, wind groping our winter jackets.   … Continue reading

  • Snapshot Poem for Tuesday 03 March 02020

        Super Tuesday   I stand before the judge debt collector to my left  what is owed must be paid behind us, all the children  (shades dark to light) behind them, the parents  then the wooden pallets  then the metal fence    tornadoes come  the chain links vibrate  with an electric hum  the pallets fall… Continue reading