Afternoon Nor’easter
Cold rain hammers clay roof tiles, its staccato rhythm hypnotic in a room devoid of light. Through the speckled window, bare branches...
one wish
through my window moonlight dances between bare branches of the oak out back. i imagine stardust borne along its pale beam salting...
Night Moves
Seger’s “Night Moves” wove its spell in a room stripped bare of furniture as couples upstairs chased away their blues while the...
vespers (vi)
no candle fitfully flames on my antique dresser. cloaked in darkness, i kneel by an open window and watch a myriad of...
Last Christmas
My thoughts run empty like the abandoned shopping cart facing I-35 dusted by the pale glow of a milky sun unable to...
on hold
out past the screen door night sneaks up like a black cat, dewy with fog. in the trees out back an owl...
sweet dreams
you ask about dreams over morning coffee, steam from the cup fogging my glasses. sadly, i have nothing to offer. nights of...
What if, after the new?
From different worlds we collide, and like a bolt from the blue summer enters my life once again. For how could i...