No one knew doors better than her,/ perhaps a piano in a parlor –/ on the other side./ Beyond the shadows

Sitting in the dirt/ listening to snow melt/ Runoff tickling/ roots as it flowed past// The hot sunlight

You are your colours:/ you are that bold red of your team./ From year to year, they shifted tones

Rockets shot us to the moon, and then to the red planet, so/ ugly, but it was new. This was another beginning

at night, we gently walk the land./ perhaps, the fluffy sand will erase our/ footsteps or draw lines

I/ wish to/ see restored/ lost habitat/ ashes of forests/ like Alexandria burned/ its hidden wisdom unlearned

the wind feels as if it comes/ from all directions at once// which confuses me as I look

If I am strong enough/ to stay away from love/ I would.// But I could/ never be/ without you.

What if things didn’t turn out the way you planned?/ When you know better but only sometimes, do you

empty trees/ standing still…only/ the willow sways// another fall/ has left its harvest./ the ground lies fallow

Outside my lighted house/ the darkness waits/ with ears pricked.// Trees hold back their breath

I turn on the Christmas/ tree. Read my hand/ by the red electric light / of the tree. My friend// sees only by

In the late morning/ falls the macho rain/ amidst the roar of/ thunder, large drops/ forming rivulets

Emptied of its summer weight,/ the winter sky’s a canvas/ for all who want to wish and stare,/ no longer

it’s the way you say it/ it doesn’t sound/ like a delightful chip/ it sounds like/ two walls closing in on you

The sky is white pearl/ make snow angels in the park/ winter’s truly here.// Saxophone solo/ the most

Meet me at the station,/ In the midst of rush and run,/ Memories fade in the crowd/ And we reborn as

‘Flying home with mother’/ I saw the photo caption said/ And remembered, I just wrote it!

All afternoon the August heat’s a sullen drag,/ a fevered flush that gathers on your shoulders/ as you

Age comes creeping up./ I close my eyes, both/ of them, as the snail’s/ pace stops me cold. I