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Dreaming to You
I was not wearing a white robe, but bright orange.Purple irises grew from my belly, reaching forfaraway light.…
Great Falls
We have come here to honor Rachal— you cradle her ashes in your hand. Whispering into your palm,you…
Mountains Beyond Mountains
A wildfire. An exchange: Out of the ashes, life. Rime Ice gives wayto flame azaleas in spring. At…
strangers:
I went on awalk.moved my head,looking ateverything.the trees,the falling leaves,the brush on theside of theroad.and Ipassed a stranger’shousetoday,but…
The Girl in the Mirror
I had a dream last night I stood in a vacant field soaking in sunlight. Tulips brushed against…
t(h)is Body & kwir/
t(h)is Body Something in t(his) place preserves what should have rotted: your mother’s voicekept in the walls—thuddinglike a…
Your name
Your name was Spanish before Portuguese Portuguese before Dutch Dutch before Indonesian before Malaysian before Philippine and Arabic in your sleepYour name was a land bridge built on cracked-tooth…
When All Other Lights Go Out:
Wagner, Howard Shore, and the Long Road Home When I was a little boy, sitting alone in the…
To Study by the Sea
For some, the idea sounds like a dream: to study by the sea. It is for my students…
fragments iii
i ask you to imagine the following scene: the two of us. you’re drinking a beer while teaching…