(after William Bronk)
back then was much the same
the scope, the skies:
blues and greens, scarlet cloud-tops
the moon electric on the washing line. Continue reading
midwinter (out my window)
original poem
13 ways of looking at a pandemic
(after Stevens, closely)
I
Among twenty locked-down blocks,
the only moving thing
was the patrol car. Continue reading
on this earth
an ancient comb in the Met.
animals parade across an ivory page Continue reading
Floodlands
1.
out of nowhere
a swollen wash of silt and logs Continue reading
at sunset
the sky in manifold scenes – painterly
overhead, slate hankies frayed by the winds; Continue reading
Good Friday 2020
The streets are christmas quiet
tho’ closed, the houses incline Continue reading
Indeterminacy
It’s lightening in the east
but night’s still close. Continue reading
Meditation on the Sea of Tranquility
(The Arente Trail 3km out of Chalet Dam, Larapinta Trail)
The surface is fine and powdery.
I can kick it up loosely with my toe. Continue reading
Sleepless
the Jiminy on my sill
mezzo to the choir Continue reading
Arcadia lakeside
these days
all mowing’s been suspended
but for a gesture Continue reading
