Category Archives: Poetry

Winter Solstice old moon rises over the shortest day crone hunched in the cold the wheel turns into the longest night we light the fire sing our songs make merry until the dawn and keep the Yule until the new … Continue reading →

Hansel and Gretel You know they killed my sister Those two smiling, towheaded demons Roasted her alive, picked her bones dry Killed their mother – slow poison Nearly got the father too But I heard… Yes, but I know better … Continue reading →

For Richard Conn after spending an hour with his painting: “Reflecting on Trade Street” Landrum, SC Twinkling trees captured in a winter Twilight Lounge A blue streak frozen in a tiny town Framed by the railroad, sign, wires, streetlight A … Continue reading →

For Suicides I know why you did it Though I did not read your note You had to share your pain by splattering it on the walls in the bed down the drain You were too much with it The … Continue reading →

Order prisoners shuffle their belly chains swing, cutting against straight lines linoleum shines skin over poured concrete that supports the bars yet another curve, above the straight baton hangs a guard’s belly “Gotta keep ’em straight!” He laughs, baton rattling … Continue reading →

Clueless channelling Ariadne My thread just ran out…. makes me clueless I guess So I sit here in the dark wondering what is the point There is no minotaur in the labyrinth Only me There is no dashing hero Only … Continue reading →

Escape all the plants in my terrarium are plastic the rocks the gravel and the hammock where I sleep after someone feeds me changes my water through the winter I have slept under my 100 watt sun but now spring … Continue reading →