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It stung when my eyelids slid off carried away in a flow of tears and...
December 2015
December 21, 2015
I place my brain on the dewy grass where it lies, naked pink and shivering...
December 18, 2015
The wind blows angry In the lonely places Where it is safe to rage. Far...
December 15, 2015
In deep morning still dark and cool I place my hand on my anchor tree....
December 14, 2015
I am the wise squirrel who climbs out of the underworld and dances up the...
December 13, 2015
An old juniper tree guards the gate to the underworld. Jagged and dry, he dies....
December 12, 2015
The moon is a raven when she sleeps she carries the night on her wings...
July 2013
July 31, 2013
We thank you, O God, for the good things we enjoy in our lives. But...
July 30, 2013
O Holy Spirit, who at the beginning of creation moved over the face of the...
July 25, 2013
Entombed in plastic My lord speaks Brought low by thrifty men His dangerous words forgotten...
July 19, 2013
The sidewalks of this city are my labyrinth broken bottles and shabby men roasting coffee...
July 16, 2013
Drawing in the hot breath of God, My shaking lungs sting Struggling to contain the...
January 2013
January 17, 2013
Subvert this society of spiritual insincerity! These pseudo-saints wear masks of metaphysical maturity veiling their...
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