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Evergreen

Evergreen

Bury me beneath a tree.Lay me down on a deep bedwith earth as my comforter.

I will snuggle in the downy myceliumweaving its...

Poetry
14 Feb 2025 | 02:12
For an ambassador of culture, an acrostic* thank you

For an ambassador of culture, an acrostic* thank you

Reaching for the stars has always been your true occupation:oh that we could emulate your will,become half the poet that...

Poetry
16 Jan 2025 | 01:05
I could not be Joan

I could not be Joan

How were we so lucky to meetAlways looking out for everyoneOut of the oven, fresh baked muffinsAlways a cup of tea or coffee...

Poetry
25 Jul 2024 | 11:46
Missing May

Missing May

The sun is slowly risingMy coffee is very warmMillions of sparkling dropletsFrom last night’s passing storm

There’s chickadees...

Poetry
04 Mar 2024 | 01:39
Uncle Jackie

Uncle Jackie

My aunt would say“run this down to Jackie”on a Sunday afternoonSpuds, carrotsand a slice of roast

Me, a boy of ten

Two doors...

Poetry
02 Nov 2023 | 02:35
1960

1960

Remember our trip to Biscayne Bay?Needle fish swimming byYou said you’d never go away... How the time does fly.I have grandchildren...

Poetry
26 Sep 2023 | 11:57
I RISE

I RISE

I seek, I grow, I risefrom deep ancestral rootspulsating through the veins of timecomposted in truths.

from deep ancestral...

Poetry
31 Aug 2023 | 10:14
old-growth

old-growth

cathedral branches, absorbing each others’ silence like moss absorbs rain.then suddenly the forest trembles with the weight...

Poetry
03 Apr 2023 | 10:49
Cemetery Wall

Cemetery Wall

The freestanding wall borders the path,separating one family’s gravesites from another.

Nature puts it to its own uses.Openings...

Poetry
09 Jan 2023 | 03:29
Dadirri

Dadirri

.I.raking summer’s tears,I brush away woodland warmth.maple leaves burn crisp.

.II.chunky cable knits.slouchy smiles all wear...

Poetry
30 Jun 2022 | 11:32
9 June 1944

9 June 1944

At one o’clockShe heard itSo faint and softAnd slowThe song was everOn his lipssweet Mary from DungloeShe blessed herself,and...

Poetry
30 Mar 2022 | 12:34
How Long

How Long

The long year in pause in desperation, turned life sideways.

All that we know has been turned askew. All that we believed...

Poetry
24 Feb 2022 | 12:16
Jockey’s Ridge

Jockey’s Ridge

A huge light beige sand dunerising between the ocean and the baythat has been there for centuries,yet is constantly changed...

Poetry
09 Feb 2022 | 01:26
The Kids Are All-Right...?

The Kids Are All-Right...?

They say,“You are what you eat”as they feed us processed treatsand they tell us that they love to see us smile.

Then our teeth...

Poetry
03 Aug 2021 | 02:40
Geese – A Day’s Theme

Geese – A Day’s Theme

The sky is too quiet for May.They are gassing the geesein one of our great eastern states.The objection to their existence:they...

Poetry
09 Apr 2021 | 01:12
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