By Persuasion With Zest (October 29, 2010)

by persuasion
with zest
dance the contrary,
leaving behind
a great torrent

So Sorry (October 8, 2010)

so sorry
I could never find
my dense cluster of keys
they may be
somewhere indefinable
and cavernous
along with
my wrinkled wits

Morning Broke (September 29, 2010)

morning broke,
Outside the air
rose in mists above
the open land
the faint glimpse of
autumn frost,
clinging in the new dawn
fading at last into
gratitude.

We Are Such Strangers (September 19, 2010)

We are such strangers
Each a story lived alone
and
hidden somewhere in the maze
companions side by side
together turning stones
from shadow into sunlight

Peer Into The Cool Satin Darkness (September 13, 2010)

peer into the
cool satin darkness
and connect the stars
with a fine golden
line long enough to
follow you home

There We Were (August 19, 2010)

There we were
the whole assemblage
waiting tittering
from his perch came the speech
with nothing to say
as though it were
a map of dust
and I
withering
only to die of
boredom.

They Tell Me (July 14, 2010)

they tell me
In the midst of
stately trees and
hedges green
flower falling to the grass.
I will find my
shattered wings,
among the sound of
fading stones
The flutter of
My forgotten