In Media Res

We were born 

running, dolls 

on stilts 

climbing ladders, 

so much catching 

up to do.

[LSS, 12/10/23]

 

How the Sky Changes at the End of the Day

All the erased mistakes

gather together

in one silent prayer.

[LSS, 12/3/23]

Cognitive Repair

It could make a difference

how you sent that message

and in what language—

there are too many time zones 

for me to visit and just now

another starfish is opening

its arms to the sky.

[LSS, 12/3/23]

What Was

the other thing

we said we’d

do before we

die we are

doing it now.

[LSS, 12/2/23]

Kith and Kin

Trying to find the place I’ve been

where there are people I know 

trapped somewhere in between 

the closed circle and the open square.

[LSS, 11/26/23]

Stonehouse and WCW Have Tea

Right now I’m writing

a right-now poem. 

You eat the plum, 

I’ll save the pit.

[LSS, 11/24/23]

Reticence Denied

One yellow apple leaf 

ready to leave its nest 

ready to return 

to the ground ready 

to receive it.

[LSS, 11/18/23]

Inside a Circle Without a Center

ticket stubs for trains 

that never left the station

admission tickets for events that happen 

only when you blink

hands of broken alarm clocks 

made into an empty fist

a small book that grows larger 

each time you erase another word

[LSS, 11/11/23]