Archive for March, 2016


Pith

In the granite
of the mountain
that separates
me from her I
chiseled:

Sarah,
I’ll be
back in 5.

Chagall 2016

 

Writing Process – Take 2

Tidal locks keep us aligned
face to face we move
each others waves

Moons coo
while
we spoon

(But spooning isn’t
face to face
is it?)

Crap – need to start again.

TAKE 2

We are tidal locked
face to face we move
each others waves

A cooing moon
you turn
we spoon

Two sink deep
to hold breath
underwater

Alright, O.K. – not a bad revision.

Chagall 2016

Tidal locks keep us aligned
face to face we move
each others waves

Moons coo
while
we spoon

(But spooning isn’t
face to face
is it?)

Crap – need to start again.

Chagall 2016

Emission

I radiate your heat
right back at you

Growing warm
beneath your dome
emitting infrared

You: my
greenhouse effect

Chagall 2016

 

Carpe Noctem

From what,
for whom,
until when,
do all these
planets spin?

There below
on the dark side,
see them – aren’t those
lights?

We no longer
pay attention
nor pray
for those who
destroy the
blue pearl

Chagall 2016

For Laika

In 1957
Soviets sent a dog
named Laika into space
aboard Sputnik 2 –
the first earthling
in orbit ever

She did not
survive the trip

I imagine she barked
in space all alone
jumping at comets
she saw out her window
tail and tongue wagging
until finally subsiding
to a sad whimper dying
closer to heaven than
any had ever attained

Chagall 2016

On Mercury
its day is
longer than
its year

It’s all
about spin
the path
your journey

Chagall 2016

arid
dry
rhinos
landed
today

oh
that’s
what
that
smell
is!

Chagall 2016