April My peonies sleep curled into their red roots frozen with the ground. I walk with what is left of winter and discover a tiny animal, wet and black, bereft of possibility. It’s too close to spring to die. William says we need a month of sunny days before we dig and plant. This morning,Continue reading “A June Peony in April”
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Photo Of His Farmhouse From Last Summer & A Ginsberg Quote
“Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. ” ~Allen Ginsberg 20 liner poets Chris Shearer, Leslie Berliant and yours truly are reading tonight at the Cherry Branch Gallery in Cherry Valley, NY…home to GinsbergContinue reading “Photo Of His Farmhouse From Last Summer & A Ginsberg Quote”
Iphoneography and the Open Road Poem
The Roads Less Traveled We turned off the main highway summer break because that is what we do She wakes us better than the rest I’ll tell you why- beyond the steering wheel past the bugs splattered on glass across the dust-covered hood we live but a moment Boulders, bunnies and rain, no lights thisContinue reading “Iphoneography and the Open Road Poem”
An Endless April Road Poem
The Crazy Days of April You are probably busy picking up your uniformed school children, listening to your heels scrape linoleum in the frozen food section, holding your breath as your jet hits turbulence somewhere over Kansas, sticking your card into the reader at the gas pump and waiting for your credit to be approved,Continue reading “An Endless April Road Poem”
