At Cornwall Furnace
...more. Promises of love and forevers mural its inside above constellations of beer cans and glass, ashes. The lid of sky's diameter remains the same. In water only yards away,...
In the Magic City
...iron, like stars that draw from the dark as they spin Maubilla and Horseshoe Bend the way Elvin works the cymbals into distant crowds. And when it ends...
Putting up Beans
...dirt wasps. Slightly rubbery, slightly sweet enough bushel baskets to put away winter hunger for about another year. I remember the first time I canned in the barns, tobacco barn...
Aftermath
...outside. I saw her in it. She reminded me of me— with her hair black and long as mine had been— as she moved in and then away from the...
Another Failed Poem About the Greeks
...and I made him hold my purse. On the way home he said We should do this again sometime though we both knew it would never happen since he was...
Brown, Common Meter, 511t
1) I love to steal a while away From ev'ry cumb'ring care, And spend the hours of setting day, In humble, grateful, pray'r. 2) I love in solitude to shed...
Sweep
...way things work down here, while I wait and the rain plinks on the rims of overturned tires, he and my father trade the names of the dead: Bill Farrell...
Ars Poetica #100: I Believe
...shell that snaps, emptying the proverbial pocketbook. Poetry is what you find in the dirt in the corner, overhear on the bus, God in the details, then only way to...
Atchison newspaper
...the action as disgraceful, and within a few weeks the entire affair will be forgotten. This is a way Americans have. The pulpits will ring with denunciation, and the people...
Memphis, Tennessee images
Memphis, Tennessee: The Mississippi River In the distance is the Interstate 40 Mississippi River Bridge. The "bridge" entering the picture from the upper right is actually the tramway that runs...