Let My Hands Too Bring the Day

Let My Hands Too Bring the Day

by | Nov 1, 2021 | Magazine Article

The red edge of morning, like a razor,slits the dark. No more excuses. TodayI will be sharpened. I will be moremyself as I would be. No espaliered intent—centered, leaning into each momentthe way a ladder leans toward the windowof a burning house; I claim the...
Saint Simone

Saint Simone

by | Nov 1, 2021 | Magazine Article

She starved herselfthinking about grace.How difficult it was to be nothingbut flesh: prickly, contrarious,pretending to get by on cigarettes and headaches.As a student, she witnessedthe heedless velocity of factories; of campaignspreparing to turn peopleinto things....
The Father

The Father

by | Oct 28, 2021 | Magazine Article

Your dead father dogs youlike the white mutt that roams along the fishing holes and walksthe edge of gravel roads, sometimes at a trot, most times slow,but with purpose, muscle and sinew protecting old bones. The fatherin silence with pipe clenched between his teeth...
Poetry in the Dark – Sky Park

Poetry in the Dark – Sky Park

by | Oct 28, 2021 | Magazine Article

There’s a certain kind of serenity to be found at Newport Beach State Park, especially during the off-season in late autumn, when the stone path and forest floor have curled up together under a blanket of leaves. It’s a time of year when the warmth of the afternoon...