October 1, 1984
The Anniversary of Silence
May 1972, May 1982 Every night for weeks, from the lilac’s deep heart,a catbird has softly sung through my sleep,the same one always quietly mewing when I come homeor when […]
October 1, 1984
Inscrutable
She says he’s become inscrutable. So she forces the issueOn Friday evening, which gives her the rest of the weekendTo cry. And her hand is shaking. Like a tissueShe is […]
October 1, 1984
Running the River Lines
for Tim Gaines Tonight, on a bank line strungfor catfish, a crawdad hooked through the tailand dangled scarcely an inchin the murky water, we catch a loon. It must […]
October 1, 1984
Hour Angle
Stay the same as you are. And I will(as if beggars could ride) go with you, that is stay the same … but perhaps more by changing: for so will youif the ocean […]
October 1, 1984
A Poem of Light and Shade
Shadows that look as if they grow. Planted in corners and undersides,underleaves. Shadows that gather and garner where sun cannot flush and flash, being all straightness. Yes. That look as if they […]
October 1, 1984
Dissolving the Boundaries
Book report: Have you read R. K. Narayan’s The English Teacher?You may recall, it’s about a man’s adjustment to living with his wifeAfter he’s gotten used to solitude. At first […]