cotton dress
she passes barefoot in a cotton dress back-lit by morning sunshine. i savor her silhouette as she strolls to our sun-drenched studio...
north slope of varnum hill
on many a lazy summer evening we would hike to varnum cemetery and our favorite spot on the hill’s north slope where...
Flowers for Rumi
It’s three hours until sunlight will break horizon’s edge. My campfire spits and crackles, sending a shower of sparks in all directions...
sunflowers (v)
you asked for sunflowers. a splash of color for your white-washed room. cut fresh from the field, i carried armfuls home to...
end of the affair
the sun slips minute by minute beneath a line of firs leaving rust to burn the edges of night. pewter clouds mirror...
Adam’s Lament
Another sleepless night. I soundlessly pace downstairs, the oaken floor hard beneath my feet. Wrapped in darkness I wait for Lilith’s guiding...
White Flowers
On my first day they asked me to empty the second hearse filled with flower arrangements. Most were wreaths of lilies with...
Postcard from Saint-Rémy de Provence
Two hours before dawn. All is still. Through an open window the night sky glitters with ten thousand distant suns. And hanging...