Footbridge

Frost. The morning
arches

over a marble
river, fast

melting whispers
underfoot.

(First published in Shearsman 1, 1981)

Cliché

Broad daylight. Strange
coming

to terms with it, as if
it were something

out of the ordinary,
out of the blue

nothingness.

(from The Intricate Evasions of As)

Not So Recently Linked

A belated thank you to J.E. Jacobson for providing a link to my blog on his A Poetic Matter. It's clear he chose the title carefully, for poetry clearly matters to him and his posts reflect it.

Reverie

remember

whenever


jasmine

flowers


absent

mind


makes

sense

(First published in NOON: journal of the short poem, #2)

Irredeemable

whores' clap-
trap

the poets prick

.

and money talks
a fluency

of the unspeakable
changing hands

(From The Intricate Evasions of As)