Oh world you are so much with us death bangs on so many doors the famous and our loved ones scaring us with their sucides assaulted by the men in office and offices bought and sold self-deceived we ruin our beloved earth abuse rides on buses dances unafraid in our places of work and worship … Continue reading
Sweeter Than Honey
for James Tipton who was the first headliner of Sparrows, Colorado’s Perfomance Poetry Festival who is already sorely missed. Even poetry has no words for this death your soul rising above the 14th floor where i sit sleepless in Denver your spirit has always risen beyond all borders now drenches my sorrow bones how you … Continue reading
OverMy Head
a creature said to fly close to God this bald black bird of prey or pray i’ve seen twice in that many days just soared over my head as clear as the sky but much closer something in me jumps up i notice everything for some seconds the cardinal red in the tree his mate’s … Continue reading
Reminder: We Came From the Stars
i chant the names of my children and my children’s children not so much a beget of ancestry a litany of love even more an opening to a Universe made of music where there is only one choir all of us angels today i am mostly silent listening the symphony beyond my song i chime … Continue reading
moses of my own soul
i went to Boston yesterday my wife loves the city the beauty of buildings crafted back when there was craft boats bounce on the water next to high rise hotels no one I know can afford cold wind as harsh as hell we spend $70.00 of the little we have left to survive here no … Continue reading
A Vision of Change
early evening of fall just barely chilly night holds all that will ever be held in place for me again as i am splattered across the milky way i want to sparkle like the star i traveled here from, want to light up the night sky with my splendid demise a small big bang a … Continue reading