Poetry
Herculean
For years I’ve toiled,
I’ve worked the earth.
Well, I’ve worked on the earth,
pushing a mower over
a puny patch of grass.
Haiku
A poem and a lesson.
Read MorePoet Reading at the Phoenix Public Market
The poet leans into the microphone,
begs to be heard over the bawling blues
on the crackling speakers from the
Jamaican barbecue food truck,
can’t turn the music down or sales might sag.
Temple of the Falling Stars
It was summer and night in this city in the desert
and though the heat of the day had diminished
it lingered long, humid on our skin
as we lay on the grass and watched a hundred stars fall.
We Are Too Young To Know
We are too young to know how to do this.
I’ve read a book I found in the city library.
We have acquired the vocabulary.
We sit on the edge of your bed, fasten one another’s eyes,
say the words for what we will do.
Why Would I Not Stop and Gaze
Why would I not stop and gaze
on the sidewalk beside the orthodox church
as the Sunday morning faithful file inside
Crippled Sun Lying Low
Crippled sun lying low,
hugging tops of trees…
The First Rough Grind
Churning through the first rough grind,
the slurry of coarse grit and violent impact
tearing sharp edges from rough stones.
Pi to Unknown Places
Three point one four one five nine two six and
that’s as many places as I’ve ever known.
Because what’s the point of memorizing cold numbers?
However long, they will never touch you where you stand
apart from me, always in sight, just out of reach.