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One Lament

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on October 17, 2017| 3 Comments »

 

 

 

In the ragged purr of the cat

in my lap I hear all the sun

she has yet to curl into,

all the mice she has yet

to chase, all the days

we don’t have left.

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In Knots

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on September 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »

 

 

I’ve spent years learning to tie the monkey’s fist,

wrapping the long working end of the rope

around the fingers of my hand. While rocking

and nursing and feeding and soothing, I’ve held

the first set of turns in place, then made three more turns

with the rope. While reading and chasing and

swinging and catching, I’ve learned to pass the end

through the inside of the knot, to make turns inside

other turns. And pull it all tight, just so.

 

I have wanted to perfect this heaving line knot,

something I might use to throw to my son

to save him when he drifts away.

I have practiced the art of the throw, but it seems

I have tied my own hands by accident.

And now that it’s time to untether the line,

my hands want only to practice what they know,

holding on, holding on, holding on,

how clumsy this new art, letting go.

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One Acceptance

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2017| 5 Comments »

 

 

 

unable to hold things together

I open my hands, let everything drop

and feel how the world holds me

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Sole

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on February 26, 2017| 1 Comment »

 

 

 

Like a boot takes the shape

of the foot that wears it, I imagine

my hand might come to take the shape

of yours, your hand—something

I was made to hold, made to move with,

made to let go.

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Three Transpositions

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 21, 2016| 1 Comment »

 

 

 

 

is it one small child

or the whole world

I cradle

 

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this longing

to bring you a small bouquet

of possibilities

 

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my limbs a clef,

I circle the changing

song of you

 

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I Still Think There Might Be Other Options

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on February 10, 2015| 3 Comments »

I fling open my arms
to greet the whole world
and you duck and run
right beneath
my wide embrace—

it seems
holding you means
letting go
of everything
everything
else

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The Impulse is to Hold On

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on December 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »

these lovely days—
scattering their petals
like summer roses

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One Hint About Buoyancy

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 28, 2014| 1 Comment »

just before I drown
I remember all those beautiful rocks
I put in my pockets

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Six Pondlings

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on September 14, 2014| 2 Comments »

why wear a red dress
when you can wear
a red canoe?

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trying to memorize
these waves and the way they rise—
already distracted by those waves

*

casting for fish
I hook my own loneliness—
it steals the bait, swims away

*

I tell myself
I would have jumped in
if the boat hadn’t tipped first

*

I could swim better
if I let go
of this paddle

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just when you think
you’ll never forget, all that you
can remember later
is that there was something
very special not to forget

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I Used to Think I Knew How the Story Ended

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 7, 2014| 4 Comments »

After the sunflowers
have dropped their pollen
and dropped their leaves

and hung their seeded heads
to dry, let me sit here
in the garden where

it is not quite yet all
dead, where the calendula
surge in orange bloom,

their seeds not yet
dark brittle moons, and if
I still think that I know

anything of how
things go, then
as the dark and cold

grow stronger, let me
sit a while longer,
and then a little more.

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