May 24, 2015

Nostalgia at the Public Hanging

The Governor paused,

standing on the jailhouse porch,

thought of his grandma.

 

 

May 13, 2015

Spartan Mothers to their Sons

Come back with your shield--
or on it. Then grave quiet
rooms. Empty door. Pride.

April 22, 2015

TV Hill

Dead man anchors, cold
eyelets in Clipper Mill yards,
guy wires part the trees.

April 15, 2015

Napoleon versus the Great Sphinx

Its extremities 

that disappear the quickest -

from wind, sand, bullets.

 

 

April 8, 2015

Living Wall

Traffic sighs, skylines

rise and fall. So quietly,

nature takes over.

March 25, 2015

Pedestal

The Himalayan
cedars know. Female cones rule
the highest branches.

March 19, 2015

Route 404

Vultures coast above
the frozen war of branches.
Frightening quiet spans.