Daily Archives: April 7, 2012

They fly around and around and a -round in the sky, hungry, waiting for him to die. He goes around and around and around on the ground, broken, unfound, wishing he would.    

bursts apart,         vein and ventricle      bleed blue cobalt inkspill          onto quill, page, skin. Cyan breeze whispers azure secrets pours out steely dawn       with sapphire smile. This cerulean … Continue reading →

You lift your left hand the one that traced hope onto my cheek the one that laced my fingers into songs the one that held my heart        sort of flutter it in the air      and a … Continue reading →

Caress these pages         all who dare; run trembling finger across             alphabet abracadabra     letter legerdemain                     shaman sleight                            of quilled hand    keyboard sorcery           charmed                   incantation                                        of phrase                 conjured         summoned alchemy of                             potent word potions                     (presto) turning pain to poem.

Eye roll arms crossed or hand on hip sulkshadow falls on perfect porcelain skin, wee tilt of head that says this Mom’s in trouble again.  

They sit under the canopy of the willow until a hazy sun melts habanero into the horizon. She traces hieroglyphs along his arm, he ciphers his breathing. No words pass, but he is lip reading and believing her eyelash Morse … Continue reading →