all seasons today
glassy rain -- please do tell me
you smiled at the sun

The Quiz

What shape are your thumbnails? Square may mean
stubborn, hard-headed. Which toe is longer,

certainly not the fourth one? That would be bad ( Read more... )

After the Destroying-- What would happen if you had beaten down your opponent and were standing on the mountain in the snow, and suddenly a ring of new attackers sprang up around you ( Read more... )

And Also With You

We hear it comes
"dropping slow" as if peace
were weather, a kind rain

We find it in rocks
bigger than ourselves,
the unblasted prints of
giant feet,

in lacking answers
for rings of standing stones

and in abbeys long since
empty of rough robes

Worth the AdmissionMy mother carried hankies, firmly believing ( Read more... )

If I had the moon, and you

If I had the moon, and you
the rest, cracks and all, I would still

give you the moon, for the rare
pleasure creasing you with joy,

a new toy to explore, wander
its surfaces, go crater ice-

skating, your lopsided grin.

The Harp Seal’s NecropsyIn the stomach of the seal they found a load ( Read more... )

The Doormat, on Its Superiority
dedicated to Sundaram CurtisWhat distinguishes me from my peers, those plebs ( Read more... )

Blood Eagle MoonI love this pain: thick and sweet ( Read more... )

Thistles and NettlesBoth, as you know, are prickly ( Read more... )