the phantasm of mendelssohn
fingers gliding across ivory notes falling heavy in deaf tones whispered on the taunt strings when the case is closed on his tired bones hallowed inside the haunting hum of a poem composed when he was...
View Articlehow the mind does funny things when the body walks away
it was nice when we had sufficient light to peer out the window through the shadows into the streets below watching memories like moths gather in the afterglow of a blinking stoplight on pacific avenue...
View Articleatmospheres
i walked with your ghost all afternoon thoughts in and out of conflict arose penetrating you dissolving slow touching something sincere right before you disappeared my eyes are wet with atmosphere...
View Articlefor a minute there i lost myself
a long stretch without streetlights without headlights when the blackness of the road ahead gave voice to the soft hum of tires whispering of a secret desire to escape restless fingers tense on the...
View Articlethe veteran
i would rather keep silent not reveal my position but for the violence of battle the bomb blast and the piercing cries cutting through the smoke stained skies demanding that i command these scant...
View Articlea momentary lapse of reason
i remember the images closing my eyes tight fisted images in the dizzying drunken memory dance you performed every time you walked out the door there were only two hopes then one to save one to cast...
View Articleeverlasting light
remember the night when the moon covered herself beneath the shroud of ten thousand clouds unfurled as the sand swirled between our toes and the last grains of the hourglass fell like thunderclaps on...
View Articlethe shadow proves the sunshine (excerpts from a memoir)
the following is an excerpt from a book i wrote this summer called the shadow of nature’s gold– i will post other portions periodically and am interested to know what you think- this part is from...
View Articleghost from the north country
grandfather said as tree fell we return to bad weather men talking smoke fire every curse laid on the earth seen for miles take grandmother lay her by the once flowing river and call it a...
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