Snapshot Poems 2006
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Snapshot Poem: the week between solstice & new year’s 02006
they say our days grow longer, our nightsmore brief, but i don’t notice. i act as humans do, tying up loose ends, filingimportant human papers, cleaning signsof life from tables and floors, speakingin cliches. sleet sweeps through our dimstreets, keeping us at home, or cautiously walking, driving, steep-stepping along icyuntrustworthy paths to go spend more… Continue reading
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Snapshot 20 December 02006
one day to solstice all my days grow short they begin late they end early today the sky is wide pale blue the radio plays its seasonal songs the sparrows sing theirs all my years contract they shrink they pass quickly i am carried through them by time and love and loyalty by persistent determined… Continue reading
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Poetry Thursday
I’ve been thinking, again, of you and others. How something we don’t understand binds this universe together. That the dark matter of our brains may be what makes us who we are. How instinct, genetics, and experience weave together in a rope we may use to climb or tie or hang ourselves. Or others. How… Continue reading
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Snapshot Poem 29 November 02006
The Muse 4:00 a.m. choose — green lime or shamrock? paper money in a shoebox yellow — quick! sunlight on polished oak … Continue reading
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