Flower Shapes
Flowers in the shapes of cozy houses, fountains in the shapes of windows opening onto gardens, roadways over bridges in the sh…
Poems
Piece of Coal
The piece of coal that wanted to be diamond said to the earth: Press me. The succulent grape that wanted to be wine said…
Bars of Martian Light
Mars the thought of Mars within the very idea of Mars itself Mars draped in cloaks of blue roses Mars in an inaccessible place…
What Are Feet For?
What are feet for but to go around the Ka’ba? What are eyes for but to look upon God’s House? What are lips for…
Until the Very Last Breath
When we look at death’s door it looks like nothing at all Blank and featureless a serious expression on a featureless face tha…
Some First Light
I lay my body down. Light occupies its place in space aslant the brown town. I leave a bone in the room. The bone…
Who Taught Who What
The eagle taught the rabbit how to keep out of sight. The bear taught the trout how to slip away. The elephant taught its…
On the Road to Konya
Sometimes I get tired of all this talk about God and I just want to go and sit under a tree but then the…
Light
Light everywhere moves with an anonymous precision over smooth terrain or rough-hewn scabrous dilapidation up stainless steel …
Saintly Places
We need to stand in saintly places the way our body needs food to not topple over We need to go there and find…
World Split Apart
The façade of a building falls away and reveals a man praying A bakery loses its show-window showing a hundred weddings who’ll…
All the Dead Children
Angels are learning new tricks to entertain all the dead children just bringing them to a quiet place used to be enough blue…