Poetry
Spring 1965
Wolf Enough
Wolf enough, he prowled outside the pack, nozzle to moon and baying loneliness, or laired in ice, unpaired, he felt the lack of someone furred to share his coldnesses—and well […]
Poetry
Summer 1964
When the Prince Kissed
When the prince kissed, it started things again— out of cracks and cocoons and sacs of silk small lives moved; all the spiders began weaving designs, and ants climbed up […]
Poetry
Spring 1962
Children, Frogs, in Moss, in Conifers
Reflecting water haunts the piny scene, doubles the lodge poles, points the red firs down, high ponderosas poke spokes in a scum, and here come, mirrored, waterwalking children; a swimming […]
Poetry
Spring 1962
After the Snake
After the snake had been mastered, cobra of words hoodface swaying to flute, or a python thought shot on the branch before involvement could crush, or the sidewinder mind detected […]
Poetry
Summer 1961
The Sacred Mushroom
The sacred, psychic secret now is out in a pink pill, now anyone can see colors of splendor, read without an eye the naked truth beneath restricting doubt—just swallow this […]
Poetry
Summer 1961
Freud,
old sage, listening to troubled ladies, neatly noting nightmares on a pad, an odd Pandora lifting off the lid, left in evil’s box one doubtful good. Those ladies were not […]
Poetry
Summer 1961
Killer
Beneath black headlines here is a face of dots, the average looking killer grim in glasses. This undistinguished hand that fired the shots triggers our thoughts: all faces smile suspicious. […]