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PoetryFire Moon Rising
California, 2020 North, South, and Central, wildfires under a quarter moon threaten the entire state. The fire moon looks down on them red as…
Poetry.salvation
. there are things made bright bled folded autumn arrives and the yellow eyes close sunflowers jiggle then lean upturned dirt chokes-up children's fingers…
PoetryJust Another Dream Waking
An apple orchard; slim pathways on the hill in the near distance have turned blue in dawn light. I tell blonde Alice I’m going…
PoetryOctober Surprise
We have tons of hammers but not enough shoes. Really, isn't it the same for you? We'd be just fine if all that's required…
PoetryFather
I am ashamed of my schism, my contortionist brain and tongue. Told status is a ticket to love. Take hurried notes on how to…
PoetryThis is me not exaggerating
My virginity is still lost somewhere in Athens, Greece. After serving my hippie time for marijuana possession I admit I was happy that prisons…
PoetryChildless
When my son died I was devastated by the colossal waste that was his mind. That rare nonjudgmental visionary kind. My flattened affect belied…
PoetryPig Latin
Aisyday is a collector of things. Hats and canes. Handbags. Scars. I can't be sure. I am certain. She saw me as hard tissue.…
PoetryMy head is a guillotine
baby Christmas trees in a field little bump in the backseat driving past them but most of my life I’ve been intense no wonder…
PoetryHow to Survive an Apocalypse
I refuse to die in a bunker, even if it’s with you, my dear. I want the slow death of struggling for light, hand…
PoetryChanging Shapes of Rain
Comforted by the rough of the stucco wall, my back leaning on the hint of dew as I watch the moon hide out of…