I know how big a tree grows in forty years
I remember how these trees were planted optimistically When they built these houses Derided for their midwestern banality Now lauded Continue reading
I remember how these trees were planted optimistically When they built these houses Derided for their midwestern banality Now lauded Continue reading
I catch the scenery peripherally My concentration on I57 as I drive south from Chicago alone through Illinois farmland still Continue reading
I drove out to the macadam road That passes through the South Farms Looking for the rough worn buildings The Continue reading
There’s a boy on the verge Maybe 10; we saw him when we drove downtown Past the high rises as Continue reading
An inch of green A mile of sky As I drive home I feel the flat prairie farmland seeping Into Continue reading
Four magnolias blooming In the April over-warmth Like a never-raining cloud Of blush petals looming overhead The trees, forest-tall forming Continue reading
Under the blue snowshadows of winter That sear the eyes with knife sharp edges The same sun that shrinks the Continue reading
Rather rattled From rattling along the decrepit commuter tracks And somewhat soporific From the plodding podcast in my ears It Continue reading