Monthly Archives: August 2011

    Piano   Her Wattled fingers can't stroke the keys with much grace or assurance anymore, and the tempo is always rubato, halting, but still that sound—-notes quivering and clear in their singularity, filing down the halfway—- aches with … Continue reading →

            A Sweltering  Summer Burns Gold,Hills ofPale sun grass.SoonTurns red— ApplesCider to wasps,Cameos Against a blue skyAnd the why of change. Wildly climbing Deeply rose, PetalsDrop Down onBlackberries Sweet enough to eat,And carry forwardThe fall. … Continue reading →

      The Dragonfly Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads,there lived a little water nymph in a larger community They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pondwith few disturbances and … Continue reading →

         The roof leaks from yesterday's rain, the waters gather above us waiting for one mistake. When a drop falls on Lemon's corded arm, he looks at it as though it were something rare or mysterious like … Continue reading →