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All Night I Dreamt

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 4, 2014| 1 Comment »

all night I dreamt
I was holding up the sky
so every child
could know sunshine—
is it any wonder this morning
my arms will not come down?

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Eating Beet Salad at Lala’s

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 1, 2013| 2 Comments »

Though there are great oceans
to revere and spiraling galaxies
to venerate, there is also the humble
beet, served here sliced thin on a long white plate,
tousled with dark green arugula
and drizzled with sweet, thick balsamic.
This carpaccio could make a woman find
religion, especially when served
with a wedge of flatbread and pesto
with mascarpone. Dear God, I know
nothing about the ordering of the stars,
cannot fathom the intricate
paths in the brain, the palm, the spine,
but the beet with its rings, its red,
its stain, I can find you here, not
a god restricted to heaven, but one who understands
earth and dirt and bitterness turned sweet.

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She Does the Real Work

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on January 31, 2013| 3 Comments »

—for Jude Janett

You sing, and even
nine hundred miles away
all of my body
turns to ears—
and the ears of my
eyes and the ears
of my gut and
the ears of my ears
all sprout legs and
start dancing in awkward,
ecstatic and awe-drenched hallelujahs,
and I may be broken
and I am a mess but I
am dancing under
your pulpit, keep singing,
I am listening
to your shining
pounding rests.

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song

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on November 2, 2012| 3 Comments »

it may
be bent
and cracked
this alleluia
but I
am not
done
yet
with
praise

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Underachiever Tanka

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2012| 3 Comments »

not that I don’t
admire the universe,
but today it’s enough
to marvel at just this one
leaf

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