Shell-trash and gull-clutter along the dirty curve of Revere Beach. A rough-tongued winter. The Atlantic churns its mass of liquid slate with cold relentlessness. The sixteen-year-old poet carries a paperback book at least twice his age. A yellowing Oscar Williams anthology. He reads the words…

You’re so far away I stare at the dark above– Stars reassure me   When night envelops I remember promises– Everlasting love Lives on in night skies If one light shines above–you Said our souls were one   Diane Morinich  

As stars belong to night I belong to you As colors belong to the rainbow I belong to you I once heard that The earth belonged to the sky If that is ever true Just like the earth, I belong to you

As my mother passed away nine years ago, and my father twenty-three, Memories stay alive and my daily prayers always with them.   Years pass Events happen Lives continue With or without The dearly ones Those witnesses Of your native land     (Hour Two…

holding my hand he asked me to go how shall I tell him a piece of my heart lives in you I still remember the day we met for the first time in this cloudless sky you appeared as the full moon I might leave…

Every morning – CLACK! – CLACK! – CLACK! The sound of cell doors being unlocked. Quick! Get up! Hurry to the microwave, heat water for coffee, my morning elixir. Careful, do not spill it on me. Ah! I’m first to the activity room. I get…

Wind Blows Your path halting Inspire Zeus Your sails exalting Rain Falls Your thirst mounting Summon Poseidon Your cups amounting Fire Burns Your body freezing Require Hephaestus Your frost easing Earth Stalls Your ground unsteady Invite Gaia Your foundation ready Love Heals Your heart broken…

Our guide walked briskly, her feet acquainted with the rocky trails, while ours stumbled over the uneven dirt. She took us beyond the jumping cholla, their spines straining to tear our shirts, and knelt briefly before the skeletal remains of a Joshua tree. When the…

Bonfire so grand Embers warm my hand Sea breeze Soothes sun-parched inland Restless soul, legs tanned Waves tease Lulled, seduced, I stand At ease

World, my amazing World, you sustained me When death came near. Winds first rustling in wild torrents flew me To the hospital, where waiting doctors listened for Sirens above the whoosh. Water iced over in silver-white edges cracked in support and Traction in the frenzy…