7.
an unexpected Sunday: no ambition for chores
but instead: a family lunch, a bit of shopping, cooking shows, moving books,
telling the Vietnamese lady next door
over my dogs barking
/ no, I won’t interrupt my dinner to do yardwork /
the scent of burning plastic, the sounds of lawnmowers an incense, a song
8.
the wharf is infected with waiting
we fake ambivalence over rumors
of falling river levels
watching the water for signs
under an eclipsing sun
Category Archives: Poetry Month 2024
Untitled Series 1 (2024), 6
6.
// no word from the blue heron //
[note from translator:
the complexities incumbent on inter-species communication makes precise meaning a challenge]
// consult a watchman or wizard – ask the fire troll – he has tricks up his sleeves//
Untitled Series 1 (2024), 5
5.
what we have then
this memory machine
splash paint and pray
for receeding water
as driftwood
and other forgotten continents
swim by, southbound