Nephew x

In the name of he who sent us here
We welcome you to the todays
tiny fingers and cries
From this bosom you will become
And fill us with wonder



2010

nantuckee

Kentucky upside down
A ways from Nantucket
Over the blue mountains and single wooden shacks
Down the branch to Chattanooga
On a left past Roanoke
Atlanta in red sky
the sun’s last stand
before the winds of Panchotarain
brother arise , we are in Texas


2011

Average Frustrated Chump

Somewhere in the songs
That grab my ears every twilight
Your memory collared me

And buried in my quietness
Is a daily vision of you
My anger of small matter
Has been trumped by desire

how to hide the words
That herald
the heart’s uncontrollable bursts
That I am in love



2011

to where we came

We have come
haven’t we
To were we looked to be
Using the March rivers
We looked for the right tide
Hatchets to find your treasure
Hidden in our yard
And after the tail spin
A new order for the eyes




2011

Darling

Within dreams lay
my taint
through Eyes that betrayed me
To a loss more than ever
blue roses
Lilac streams and bougainvillea
The heart of jack
I played my ace
On a table that was rigged
With my defeat
From the start


2011

Lament of Smith

Are you sure that
Mr Smith.
Your life has been one of despair
But whose fault was that
to enter each instant unaware
blindness leads to tear drops
Well sir, in this hour
At this
even for the briefest of time
impregnate
each morsel of your existence
with hope

2010

A way to cope

A way to cope
With the dryness of the earth
Is in the search for water

A way to cope
With heartbreak on earth
Is to permit the tears

A way to cope
With the joys of the earth
Is in the giving

A way to cope
With the wonders of the earth
Is in the look of a star

2011