It Is Not Tea

I want to hold
This cracked tea cup
And let it hold
What it can.

2013

Lady Tiresias Finally Speaks

Inaccessible
Dark secrets dilate me, winged.
Shhh. The flock’s due west.

2013

Burnt Out

You dropped the bell.
I starved.
What flame survives
a jar?

Come scratching glass?
How bold!
Your matchless hands
have sold

My fire to space,
vacuum,
Promethean
refuge.

Pandora’s gift
contained,
There’s only fire
to blame.

2013

If You Can’t Chase It, Let It Chase You Home

On the run, nothing
refuses your long shadow.

Pavement or snow pile
your darkest shape is carved light.

2013

Says the Pond to the Canoe

I cannot stop
your silent glide,
the slicing paddle
through my glass.
Nor would I halt
the silken length
of gentle glancing
broken mirrors,
mine. I throw
my milliard
diamonds
as you
pass.

2013

Serendipity

There is
No backward
Serendipity.
The way is forward.
Not in the dirty martini.
Nor the green day.
Joy cannot be planned.
Some hands open
Only once just
This way.
Notice.

2013

The History of Light

If it takes 7,000 years
For the light of the Eagle Nebula
To reach me,

How long does it take
The unobserved light of my body
To reach you?

Someone told me
Yesterday all light is a picture
Of ancient history.

2013

Geshe-la Speaks of Measurement

…Cubits warp / For fear to be a king.
~ Emily Dickinson, “We never know how high we are”

We don’t need feet
Or meters in Tibet.

My mother gave me space
Between elbow and fingertip.

2013

Midstride

When my chest caved,
When my legs gave,

When smoke choked
Flags cracked awake,

I rolled over,
A human ringing.

Before your face,
There was sky.

2013

Outgrown by Grey at Thirteen

Just two weeks, his spring.
Three inches! Free falling voice!
My son, instant green.

2013