So surprising,
that elephant when he walked
through the door clearly marked
elephant, a door
I never knew I had.
Posts Tagged ‘surprise’
New Neighbor
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged elephant, poem, surprise on April 5, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Not How One Might Expect the Night to Go
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poem, poetry, surprise, transformation on March 26, 2013 | 6 Comments »
On your head,
the first of the blackbirds sits.
Another alights
on my shoulder.
Another on your shoulder.
My head. Your lap. My lap.
My other shoulder. It is
a dark, uncomfortable weight,
though there’s also
the shock that it’s happening
at all. Where did
these birds come from?
And how is it they happened
to land here?
And so who could blame us
for laughing out loud
when what had begun
to feel like a burden
turns into a riot
of wing and black feather
and careless cawing,
oh hell, let’s join them,
it makes no sense,
whee! caw, caw, caw.
Four More Surprises
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged haiku, highway, poem, surprise on March 6, 2013 | 2 Comments »
rhymed in ice
the old cottonwood tree—
an altar for emptiness
*
that rock in the highway—
only the drivers think
it’s out of place
*
elk in the windshield—
taking time to notice
how brown its eyes
*
when I forgot
I was waiting, the flower
opened
In the Middle Of It: Five Haiku
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged armageddon, beauty, dragonfly, haiku, mess, moon, space, story, surprise on June 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
balanced on a twig—
two blue dragonflies and
all that space between them
*
the story, calloused
and gnarled, inside it
red leaping blood
*
picking up the moon
like a telephone to dial
your number, of course
*
contemplating
dessert for
the Armageddon
*
opening a can
of worms to find
rose petals
