NAH!
Senior moment mostly
forgetting that I am one
WINDMILL FARMS
WINDMILL FARMS
How many will it take
to keep this thing in the air
U-BOAT DAWN
U-BOAT DAWN
I fool with the hatch
of my dream submarine
Time for the surface
of things to do
or time for one more dive
SEOUL SUNSET
SEOUL SUNSET
Watercolor sky
boats islands and water too
sunset landing Seoul
I GO WHERE THE WILD GOOSE GOES
I GO WHERE THE WILD GOOSE GOES
Smiling tip of the V
at the start of every trip
Last bird on the left
dragging my feathers home
EVERY POEM IS A POEM OF HOPE
EVERY POEM IS A POEM OF HOPE
Your head
may be in the oven tomorrow
today you are still writing
Hear me! Help me!
with some belief the bottle
will get to shore in time
RAISING THE TITANIC
RAISING THE TITANIC
with gratitude to Dr. Joe
Remember when we were old
and used to spend all of our gold
on lotions and potions and medics galore
and every new fad at the health food store
Tar for the seams of a sinking ship
thinking we were near the end of the trip
But if time
is but a wrinkle in thought
just think of all that we’ve got
ON THE ROAD TO COMPASSION
ON THE ROAD TO COMPASSION
Empathy, hell I ain’t got no empathy
sympathy maybe for you and for me
when the same thing happened that hurt
but maybe it happened to me once
and to you a hundred times
and I had someone to kiss it better and you don’t
and I can pretend, but I won’t
AND AIN’T WE ALL
AND AIN’T WE ALL
Just
energy
slowed enough
to appear as matter
jelly-molded in the shape of story
HEMISPHERES
HEMISPHERES
It is wet in Wellington
The kiss-curl on Dorsey’s forehead
now clockwise instead of counter
points to the other frontal lobe
As to what
is happening within
still dark continents to me