Loud and southern and tattooed Is the ladies I’m surrounded by They are possessive and matronly Some had kids when they were kids Some will have kids soon Some piss in the yard Expect to spent money On a fuckin’ boat Menthol and vodka sweat…

we carried her poetry in an old lunch box metal, with a broken clasp so we tied it shut with an orange bandanna and put a sunflower in the knot there was a faded picture of Kermit the Frog on the outside   I led, we…

sometimes I fall be- hind. I don’t know where I am nor where I’m going.

Lonely Mountain   Granite, cragged and shrouded like a white-scarfed grandmother, the mountain looks over the shoulders of trees, past the crumbling rushes, into the still green water.   Autumn on the mountain is frigid, cold seeps from the bones of the earth into your…

I am beating that deep, only in your arms…

iwalk the line you in my view somewhere at the edge i see it coming you in my view i run to meet you i see it coming faster than i know i run to meet you a smile upon my face faster than i…

No Notification Message They wouldn’t notice if the stars changed positions. Constellations could shift, Orion could go missing,   the Dippers could tip and spill their contents where Aquarius’s jug used to be. Pisces could be devoured by the Scorpio, while the centaur fled, and they…

It’s a long drop down, (Is it long enough?) And gravity would let me. Wouldn’t ask if I was sure, But would let me.   The gesture lives inside me And I hunger for it, For that tragic almost-flight.   Let me grow wings instead,…

Where are we going away from? where does this lead? we come too far to turn back now will we fail or will we succeed the road seems pretty narrow and the way is even too but there has to be a detour some bumps…

Haibun…Murasaki   Carnation Purple Temporal color and form Pantone petals bright. First time smelling your sweet breath or is it the baby’s that you hold so dear? Your presence signals that all will be well, gracing my home when all is in order. You are a…