Month: January 2022

between vineyard and garden
the pangs of a beetle upon death
a tiny crack in vast nontemperate space
our hero a woman
whose only justice
is giving

night before
some dance around campfire
beside busy highway
i want to lose my soul
into the very air
thru moving hands and feet
toes and fingers

morning of
some speak to many circled
masked huddled drizzling rain
“words before all else
this life is sacred
water is life
one great mother river
my ancestors and all their relatives”

just as
flocking many blackbirds in tall trees
setting way on the road
crow and hawk
face to face breathing together
on rowhouse rooftops
and treetops allover the island
agree

coming days for always many walking in

land stolen words stolen from anishinaabe prayer

mine is bertrams if
and the power of summers
bounty
word
will never see clearly
love dearly
who would see mother living
must unmake me

sleeping near a hero
it was the rain pouring
over the sound of background trains
cars trucks busy busy highway
repeating varied in tone and volume motor whine passing by
sometimes low fast quiet waterspray
hero sleeping over by woodstove
sometimes soft quiet low gentle snoring
rocking rhythmic gentle imploring
hero for clean waters
meaning
every heart and cell
of every living thing
and the living rock and run
atmosphere biosphere
lungs soil mantle magma space
seemingly vast lonely empty always space
the hero rests
briefly on a journey to certain
sea around between
mountains honesty justice please