Absolution

I’d ask for your forgiveness, if only I knew what it was I did. for the dverse prompt of 10/12/21: Continue reading →

Liminal

I found the old shirt in the liminal between summer and fall, as I switched out, as every year, twice, Continue reading →

A walk in the park

1. Towering clouds were knife-edge Against brilliant blue It didn’t look like rain And the ice cream shop on the Continue reading →

To the spider at my gate

Strung across the garden access On thread so delicate It might be spun by a god Indeed for a goddess Continue reading →

Stones

1. Remembering One of the things we lost When lake subsumed beach Were large smooth stones on the shallow edge Continue reading →

Five fall mornings

All by myself Before the cool nights had given way On five fall mornings Early in the day Days which Continue reading →

You too can grow anywhere

Rather rattled From rattling along the decrepit commuter tracks And somewhat soporific From the plodding podcast in my ears It Continue reading →

Green tomatoes

I picked a basket of tomatoes Green and hard, the dew heavy, not quite frost In the post dawn chill Continue reading →