1/31/25

 



what if my father dies

on the day of my child's death


or before i'm conceived


what if he dies

with his back turned to me




1/30/25

 



black truck arrives

as a silence

from a whisper

a story

night


death

its driver

death

its wings


silence

whisper

story

truck

night




 



wind unweaves

soul shapes speech

a new moon's seed

wherever i sleep

awake alone unguarded




1/28/25

 



snow immeasurable

forest kneels

man searches for his heart




1/26/25

1/24/25

 



as i behold a bell breaking into light    what shall the sleeper hear




1/20/25

 



there is always a voice drinking and dying

            there is always a noisy fountain dying of thirst


there is the naked silence

            of the friend who loves you


a woman releases the raven's feather

            that whispers her name


this Ohio grows old within me

            my body no longer dreams it is a river




1/17/25

 



found a coin

in night's loam

smaller than silver

larger than gold


like you

i am lost

to you

i owe my life




1/15/25

 



in my country there is no longer a straight path

foundations of home study the way of the waters

i share a blanket with the man who has no legs




1/12/25

 



sightless flesh

gathering strength to see

haunted by the moon

am i




1/11/25

 



dawn

the sacred eye closing

dreams journey back to the country of the dead

birds changing place with stars




1/9/25

 



coals burn in cold black sky

cold sky burns within woodstove coals

January

wind

god 

giving birth

to the birth of god




1/7/25

 



reaching the high meadow

clouds making empty music

an eagle 

emerges




1/6/25

 



new snow in winter darkness

death dream comes from nowhere

                    i am a white stone who can climb the sky




1/3/25

 



i remove tarp from woodpile

snow scuds

blue smoke from chimney lofting

into bluer panes of catholic sky