Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Scrabble of Sweet

Lethe-bound, I had a dream
In which all I remembered

Remained a three-word puzzle:
Short, mysterious, sweet.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Harmonium

Let it be decreed and duly inscribed:

The word of a poet’s passing
Shall be accompanied
By a pealing pandemic
Multitude of reads!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Village Coffeehouse, Summer 1969














Sunday morning after church, 40 years ago: My mother's brother's coffeehouse in my home village of Remmatia--one refrigerator, one sink, one tiny butane cooker for the preparation of Greek coffee, three small round metal tables, a few wooden chairs, a hard-packed dirt floor, and the village's only telephone.

From left to right: My first cousin on my father's side of the family, my father, the village priest, my uncle, my cousin John on my mother's side--the only person still alive--all captured in a room inundated with incredible, bright late morning light.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Machiavellian

Comforting

To know poets are
As good as their word—

It’s their politics
That’s disturbing.

Friday, November 20, 2009

À Rebours

Concealed  

In the golden autumn 
Leaves of the Judas tree, 
 
There is a solitary  
Goldfinch  
 
Whose every note threatens   
Betrayal.
 
 
 
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