Those of Us Who Think We Know ~ Stephen Dunn Those of us who think we know the same secrets are silent together most of the time, for us there is eloquence in desire, and for a while when in love and exhausted it’s enough to nod like shy horses and come together in a […]
So Where Is It? ~ James P. Lenfestey So where is it, your tree your bird? So when you sit cross-legged, palms out, they come. When you sleep, they brush all around your bed. When you wake, there’s a familiar feather, and a seed.
Sigil ~ H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Now let the cycle sweep us here and there, we will not struggle; somewhere, under a forest-ledge, a wild white-pear will blossom; somewhere, under an edge of rock, a sea will open; slice of the tide-shelf will show in coral, yourself, in conch-shell, myself; somewhere, over a field-hedge, a wild […]
Moon in the Window ~ Dorianne Laux I wish I could say I was the kind of child who watched the moon from her window, would turn toward it and wonder. I never wondered. I read. Dark signs that crawled towards the edge of the page. It took me years to grow a heart from […]
Catch a Body ~ Ilse Bendorf [Note: I cannot find an author’s site for her. If you find one, please let me know. Thanks!] Salinger, I’m sorry, but “Don’t ever tell anybody anything” is a string of words I would like to wrap up in canvas and sink to the bottom of the Hudson, or […]
