Earth Song

Listen to what’s inside my ear water entering an icy cove muffled by trees and snow Sound travels a circuitous path through a forest the way an empty whelk... Read More

Hudson River poem, “Speak”

Bird Web Cam

I In Kauai, Hawaii—a place I’ve never been— I see the Laysan Albatross, nesting. II Running a species off the planet at the whimsy of a feather boa or... Read More

Message for a Faraway Child

Cold is here in my clogs pointing to Detroit where you have no heat Voices not present are in my head This acrid smell, though more than rumor is... Read More

tear shaped seeds inside

for my mother                                                                             an idea of her presents itself again in the purple stone of her college ring light changes through every facet there is a safe space in... Read More

I Am a Stand of Trees

I am the total stand of trees on a shady hill for so many years. My mother is soil at my roots I speak kindly of her for she... Read More

Snow Day

A sharpened pencil smells like wood Graphite sprinkles a feathery wave Behind careful penmanship a “C” “R” or an “A” leave their mark on the page Even pressure— energy... Read More

Fossil

I am left – handed and under the influence of Love. The hieroglyph of love in English originally sounds “lufe” phonetically, dove sounds “duve”. The new sounding of words... Read More