#21: In the Theatre of Ego
I am pedaling up a steep pocked sidewalk. I push the pedals pull on the handlebars — the bicycle barely moves. I will not dismount Will not surrender feet to cement. I will not. I …
#19: Involuntary Poem
Body burrowed beneath blankets Sunlight skin-tickles my skin. Eyes closed Grass green, water blue. Sleeping still Heart pounds, blood races. What might the next dream be? And the one after that? …
#18: On the Night of the Leonids
Whose dream is this bedecked in golden boughs? Whose dream is this with bluebirds flitting through? Whose dream of sparkling water and crystal bright silence? Whose dream this night of star-dazzled blackness? Whose dream is …
#12: Dream Offers Recipe for Youth
On the morning of my mother’s 75th birthday, my dreams offer advice on aging I’m gripping a pulley handle, rolling along a guy-wire Strung high above the ground. I’m practicing Flips and fancy moves, suspended …
#9: Dream Studies
with thanks to EG … A Facebook status report becomes a poem … Pelicans overhead, Dolphins dive among the waves, Monarch butterflies fan open opalescent wings. The dream is real For as long as it …
#6: A Fly on the Ground
A Found Poem And A Poem About Finding (with a wink and a nod to my sister who knows the art of finding) “At the age of forty-eight On the verge of divorce, Rita left …
#5: The Spider
Maybe they were dreams you forgot Slipped from memory Fell between the dowels Of your bedstead Landed like little black eggs In the corner where you Admired the tidy pile Then the steady hatch Multiples …
#2: Pastry and Conversation with Cindy on a Night When the Veils are Thin
She looks good Spiky hair, frosted, The way it was between bouts Of chemo. I call out to her And we take seats in some cafe Where we eat pastries and get caught up. “How …
Setting Intentions
First step: Engage the senses: I smell the varnish on the floor and memories of sweat in the air. Feel my sneakered feet and hear my step squeak as I run, step, hop across the …