Poems
Nov 05, 2022
walking up John Street
thinking of you
I saw a slash of sea
between houses and felt — as always,
no matter mood, its or mine —
thinking of you
I saw a slash of sea
between houses and felt — as always,
no matter mood, its or mine —
Oct 28, 2022
commandments
and merchandise
secondhand husbands
philandering
and
landless
and vandal
bandwagons slandered
and branded
handwritten reprimands
and merchandise
secondhand husbands
philandering
and
landless
and vandal
bandwagons slandered
and branded
handwritten reprimands
Oct 28, 2022
in a hurry. The voice
said walk or die, I
walked,—the train
and the voice all
blurry. I walked with
my bones and my heart
said walk or die, I
walked,—the train
and the voice all
blurry. I walked with
my bones and my heart
Oct 28, 2022
You cannot see what is there to see —
not when she whose love you failed is
standing next to you. Then, as if refusing the know-
ledge that life unseparated from her is death, as if
again scorning your refusals, she turns away. The end
achieved by the unappeased is burial within.
not when she whose love you failed is
standing next to you. Then, as if refusing the know-
ledge that life unseparated from her is death, as if
again scorning your refusals, she turns away. The end
achieved by the unappeased is burial within.
Oct 23, 2022
all I can think is things that are
stupid, like he loves me he loves me
not? I don’t think so. No more
than, some mornings, waking to your
hands around me, and remembering
these are the fingers, the hands I’ve
Oct 23, 2022
Down at the water’s edge, at the place
where they haul up the boats, up the long ramp
descending into the water, thin silver
tree trunks are laid horizontally
across the gray stones, down and down
at intervals of four or five feet.
where they haul up the boats, up the long ramp
descending into the water, thin silver
tree trunks are laid horizontally
across the gray stones, down and down
at intervals of four or five feet.
Oct 22, 2022
No one breathes as Walter Lee vacillates,
uncertain of obsequity or indignation after Lindner offers
to buy the family out of the house they've purchased
in the all-white suburb, Walter might kneel to accept,
but he senses the tension in his son's gaze.
uncertain of obsequity or indignation after Lindner offers
to buy the family out of the house they've purchased
in the all-white suburb, Walter might kneel to accept,
but he senses the tension in his son's gaze.
Oct 22, 2022
“Ginia, where are you, darling?”
Sometimes a picture reveals far more past
that instant of distracted revelation.
I can touch you on the neck, how’s that?!
That swansdown neck parfumed,
shouldered by that soft white linen smock.
Sometimes a picture reveals far more past
that instant of distracted revelation.
I can touch you on the neck, how’s that?!
That swansdown neck parfumed,
shouldered by that soft white linen smock.
Oct 22, 2022
I’m less than swept away
when he invites me back to his place;
when he tells me he’ll treat me
like any good gentleman would,
any great pair of legs
deserves a great night
from any man who wants a piece.
when he invites me back to his place;
when he tells me he’ll treat me
like any good gentleman would,
any great pair of legs
deserves a great night
from any man who wants a piece.
Oct 18, 2022
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;