Venetian Magicians / Prayer
Note to readers These poems are begun by an inspired first line or two, and during this particular development from poem to po…
Poems
Sweat and Boils
We’re all sweat and boils sweat and scabs scraping with potsherds The whole thing comes down while irony and nonchalance aboun…
All Moving Forward in Time
It’s all moving forward in time All horses’ noses create the finish line Each flame tip tickles the underbelly of heaven Each …
Seeing the Scaffold
Seeing the scaffold at the end of the road or a steamroller coming toward you or a herd of elephants bearing down or looking…
Short Fable of the Three Schooners
The first sailboat out had nowhere to go but forward out into pure outness The light slitted down in louvered doors that swung…
Good Cheer Among the Cynics
Good Cheer came and sat among the cynics “What evidence do you have?” they asked putting on snarl cougar masks and long piggy …
Angelic Shoes
The shoemaker saw that angelic shoes miraculously surrounded his feet a perfect fit The hoop flyer soared up and through with …
God of the Sliver
O God of the sliver that fells a giant of the gnat that burrows into the brain of Nimrod (such a famous drilling to…
Of Course the Essence of it All
Of course the essence of it all is love How else explain the hardest blackest coal nugget turns to diamond clenched in earth’s…
Took a Deep Breath
The night was perched all around with hooting owls on branches in the dark some flying with their enormous wings in constant i…
How Can We Not Admire
How can we not admire emptiness especially when it’s pregnant with superlative Light? Explosively thrilling in its opening of …
Last Things / Sufi Symposium 2012
1 The last rhinoceros might look around and wonder where its beautiful beady-eyed brothers and sisters went The last waterfall…