Beaver Pond
Gently we walk the path by beaver pond, amid bracken and brush, we are whirred by Egyptian-like plagues of blue-eyed, winged invertebrates. Not enough to break branch…
Caligula and Jerusalem
He was strongly inclined to assume the diadem, and change the form of government, from imperial to regal; but being told that he far exceeded the grandeur…
February is the Longest Month
I stand in the way of growth frozen in place so long have I been without the sun Deeply have I settled among grass roots and leaf…
The World by X-Machina
Why do you expect to see | the kingdom come before thee? You complain it isn’t here—like a tram or bus— Is that how it should be?…
Vanished in Appalachia
The morning sky is still black and dark As my eyes awake and look on high. A chorus of birds begin to sing for me As the…
At Home in the Snow
I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places -Frost, ‘Desert Places’ Now a downy snow floats down…
Ox and Straw
Thomas’ classmates snubbed him, judged him on the spot “Dumb Ox” they dubbed him in jest for his taciturn ways But they forgot that quietude is the…
Mycelium is One Explanation or The Ballad of Jacques Carruther
I happened, on my way back home, To stop in for a sip, And on the way back out again I took a longer trip. The time…
Finder of Pebbles
My daughter’s pockets run so deep, And as we walk the well-trod trail With narrow curves and unexpected slopes, Her roving eye and plucking fingers Pick the…
Domestic Altar
On a cold autumn morning A winter storm was moaning But away indoors there arose a hush Quieting ourselves from the season's rush For Father was then…
The Unfinished Sentence
In your insular grave You sleep, Surrounded by motion, life, illusions, vanity, hypocrisy. This is the end – The beginning, others say. Nothingness, The eternal abyss. From…
A Prayer to Saint Anthony
I dreamed, and in the dream of which I now relate, I saw St. Anthony summoned to St. Peter’s golden gate. “Dear patron saint of finding things…