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Side by Side by Side by Side by Side by Side by Side

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on March 13, 2026| 6 Comments »


 
 
We lay on the porch in the dark
marveling up at the sky, Orion’s
belt at our feet, Jupiter just up
to the left. We chatted of satellites
and the soft milky way glow; we
named the constellations we could.
And when young Winston laid his head 
on my chest and I felt the gentle ease 
in his small warm weight, I was equal 
parts universe and human—
astonished again by how, in this vast,
cold, expanding world, we have been given 
the capacity to trust. And no matter
how bleak it sometimes gets on earth, 
there are also moments such as this, 
when we come together to gaze into the night
and, lingering in immensity, we feel it,
side by side by side by side by side by 
side by side, the gift of loving each other, 
dark though it may be. 

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Beyond the Big Dipper

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 30, 2014| 1 Comment »

a c-poem for Lian Canty’s Alphabet Menagerie

Imagine with trillions of stars above
all the constellations yet to find—
maybe a canary in a cage that sings
to a miner across the sky.

And perhaps over there is a cyclone—
see that swirl of stars in a cluster?
To the west there’s a giant carrot
and a lucky four-leaf clover.

With our eyes, we can draw all the lines we want—
we can connect the stars into cactus,
or calla lilies (not lilies at all),
or cupcakes! Or Japanese catfish …

oh, I think that catfish was a bad idea—
he’s causing an earthquake in the sky—
quick, redraw him as a cat
sitting on the lap of the miner’s wife.

Even on nights filled with clouds
we can look up and make believe
that the stars somewhere are wishing on us
to give them stories before we dream.

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