Photo taken in Kastoria, Northern Greece, 1974; poem written 34 years later--even if I hadn't taken the photograph, the image of this old woman looking wistfully out her window down at the foot traffic passing below her window would have remained indelibly in my memory.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Widow at Window; Witness
Photo taken in Kastoria, Northern Greece, 1974; poem written 34 years later--even if I hadn't taken the photograph, the image of this old woman looking wistfully out her window down at the foot traffic passing below her window would have remained indelibly in my memory.
Definitely Not Lemmings #9
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Witness
The ancient house emptied,
shuttered against the light;
on the wallpapered wall
of the study,
the gilt-edged portrait
of the dutiful young wife;
to the right of the picture,
the old widow's window,
framed for life.
(First published in Two Review 2009)
shuttered against the light;
on the wallpapered wall
of the study,
the gilt-edged portrait
of the dutiful young wife;
to the right of the picture,
the old widow's window,
framed for life.
(First published in Two Review 2009)
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Attic Black-Figured Loutrophoros, Early 5th Century
After the mourners finish,
(The chin-strap fixes
The jaw shut),
Another black hole opens.
(First published in Arabesques Review, v.2, issue 4)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
The Presentiment
Verily we feel
Our bones shall follow
The wake,
To wake
In the dark
Of the morrow,
To find the glow-
Worm's glimmer,
Its spineless undulating underbelly
Underpinning
Our very marrow.
(First published in Kater Murr's Press)
Our bones shall follow
The wake,
To wake
In the dark
Of the morrow,
To find the glow-
Worm's glimmer,
Its spineless undulating underbelly
Underpinning
Our very marrow.
(First published in Kater Murr's Press)
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