ALMS IN THE LAND OF ALLAH
And it will all be returned to you
multiplied ten fold
heaped up and running over
Category: String Too Short To Save
WE ARE THE FISH
WE ARE THE FISH
So afraid of other fish
we crawled up onto the shore
IF A NOVEL
IF A NOVEL
Is a mirror walking down a road
then a poem is a mirrored room
convex on the ceiling
concave on the floor
READY
READY
Trying to get my poetry ready
for when the world is ready
for poetry
JERUSALEM STONE
JERUSALEM STONE
Church, house, grave, wall
no give at all
JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM
Three days now on the Mount of Olives
watching the old city postcard change
from two to three dimensions
TRUTH TO TELL
TRUTH TO TELL
It is well to learn
the lies we learned to tell
will not make us well
THE LIZARD
THE LIZARD
The lizard’s curled up
at the back of the brain
And the lizard’s
a cold blooded cuss
And whenever the heat
gets turned up too much
the lizard kicks up a fuss
CHERNOBYL
CHERNOBYL
Nature breaking free of science
floats its angry cloud to Red Square
Science in self defense – seeds the clouds
A gentle rain falls with the deadly ash
No one is harmed, if you don’t count
trees and peasants
WINTER NIGHT – PRAIRIE
WINTER NIGHT – PRAIRIE
Coyote joins me
howling at the moon
Much lonelier to appear
in a million city eyes unseen