November 2012
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August 2012
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March 2012
3 posts
The Moon, A Love Story
When the moon is full they say people come unhinged. This is the basis for the etymology of the word Lunatic. Apparently, emergency rooms at the hospital schedule extra staff on the dates of the full moon based on the phenomenon.
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As a younger person, at night, I watched the moon move across the sky. I did not watch it constantly. I went out onto the front porch and looked at it, then a little...
January 2012
1 post
I Held the Moon
I held the moon
like an infant in my arms,
cradled it close and suckling,
lips of sarsen and limbs of dust,
its face cold and glowing against my pulsing breast.
I closed my coat around us
to cloak our fervor,
ardently clutched its body to mine,
bruising my ribs
and leaving a wake of fine powder along our path.
I, flushed and keen,
peered down inside my collar
to study its rough fondling of...
December 2011
1 post
Door Of My Heart, Bonnie Prince Billy
November 2011
2 posts
this morning
i had a dream that we were talking on the telephone. you said you were cooking two geese. i said, i’ve never had goose before, have you? yes, you had. it made me think, oh, you must not be a strict vegetarian afterall. you must also eat goose. i imagined the large birds and their dark, red meat and wondered how you’d come by them.
October 2011
1 post
Watch
September 2011
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Watch
August 2011
1 post
December 2010
1 post
“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him...”
– Deuteronomy 32:10, The Bible.
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
1 post
August 2010
4 posts
LIST 100
1. the sky is dust
2. you sit between them
3. code talkers
4. what you don’t know
5. a hand on your shoulder
6. they are laughing
7. the dial on the radio
8. hot/cold
9. dirt under your fingernails
10. you got to make a choice
LIST 99
1. to build a cabin from the bones of your rib cage
2. to dwell there
3. a child at your breast
4. and rocking
5. your homestead
6. to open the window
7. to close it again
8. rifle at your side
9. blade in your boot
10. honed
LIST 98
1. you are joining
2. solder
3. to turn your attention
4. not fast enough
5. a measureable length
6. specter
7. in that direction
8. a rush of air
9. visitation
10. night crawlers
July 2010
10 posts
“the old guy that lives in the trailer behind the car dealership has one eye and...”
LIST 97
1. they made it with their own hands
2. a subtle web
3. bound instrument
4. to hover
5. wingspan
5. a burdened gaze
6. if you want it you have to kill it
7. hanging in the balance
8. grasp
9. you should not be out after dark
10. (but look at the stars)
“the bird is a symbol. it is a hawk and it is flying across the sky which is pale...”
LIST 96
1. the house is a shape. it is a rectangular shape that is formed by the exterior walls. this shape is divided by inside walls, and by doors, and windows, and a fireplace, and a bar that separates the den from the kitchen. there is a staircase and its landing creates a small entryway at the backdoor and it provides access to the second story. there are two main rooms on the first floor, but the...
“sometimes it’s not perfect.”
– you
LIST 95
1. the particles in the air
2. a running tape
3. mechanized rotation
4. the range
5. a sieve
6. crawl space
7. a magnifying glass
8. a flash of light
9. a quick motion
10. the intricate pattern around you
LIST 94
1. “be nice”
2. they whisper
3. they turn to air in your arms
4. a hollow husk
5. brittle integument
6. tiny ship
7. toothpicks and popsicle sticks
8. a construction
9. hold it careful
10. you got to
June 2010
10 posts
LIST 93
1. they wanted to feed you
2. to paint your picture
3. feet first
4. lights out
5. the smoke came from their mouth
6. maybe there is a fire inside
7. an affectionate stroke
8. if you blink very fast
9. hold your breath
10. it will look like something is happening
LIST 92
1. to suspend
2. the floating lights across the field
3. watch yourself
4. snakes in the path
5. the trees turn to dust
6. a pattern of movement
7. tracks
8. traction
9. they are stronger than you think
10. look up
LIST 91
1. a container (to look into)
2. half of you
3. and the other half
4. the air
5. light
6. heart
7. a bird
8. whistling bones
9. it’s all in there
10. you are fast
LIST 90
1. on your way
2. to migrate
3. a trade-off
4. what you leave behind
5. seething
6. to come around
7. blur
8. pass out
9. your soft head
10. a black look
LIST 89
1. a concentric vibration
2. ghost beats
3. out of your head
4. geometric movements
5. they pull you in
6. happiness
7. a tedious architecture
8. something is burning
9. itemize
10. a certainty
LIST 88
1. sisters
2. the quiet game
3. lost twin
4. a trick
5. flat head
6. matching eyes
7. they are not in charge
8. on your own
9. small figures in your closet
10. a hiding place
May 2010
5 posts
LIST 87
1. they left the back door open
2. the air at the threshold
3. your mother is in her robe
4. a wasp nest
5. barefeet
6. diamonds in the concrete
7. a long shadow
8. precise lines
9. bright ghost
10. they move by degrees
LIST 86
1. their guess is as good as yours
2. make believe
3. a thin head
4. drawing lines
5. you forget their face
6. imaginary friend
7. the bicycle in the foyer
8. retrace your steps
9. to tip the scales
10. if they take it away, you must put something in its place
LIST 85
1. in the neck of the woods
2. to fill it up
3. a promise
4. that which is accessible
5. they came with you
6. clay
7. smoke
8. your limbs
9. to blow on the embers
10. ignite
April 2010
10 posts
LIST 84
1. all the different lights
2. a reflection
3. depth perception
4. voices
5. right left right
6. an empath
7. they leave a message
8. your skin
9. read it
10. it’s for you
Watch
LIST 83
1. visceral machine
2. in cipher
3. a crack in the structure
4. confuse
5. open it, they said
6. like you own the place
7. occlusion
8. speak louder
9. damage
10. static
LIST 82
1. be still
2. wax hands
3. a doll
4. smudged lipstick
5. what you are wearing
6. click clack click clack
7. flowers
8. they say your name
9. the pretty one
10. a flood
