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Moses or Icarus & Free Diving
Moses or Icarus You’re twenty-something. You’re in bed / listening to the clock ticking on repeat / because…
Parallel Universe
I was told that time is not one thing,but many; that it is layered, like an onion,and there…
There will come a time without war
after Sara Teasdale’s “There will come the soft rains” The sleet will come when we are dead,all of…
My Mother Talks to the Moon
The moon emerges, a sickle, wisp of an arc,the true beginningof a month. We believe thisand the eyes will…
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…