2025, Amanda, Ohio River Valley Literature, Poet's Life, poetry

when I struggle with finding moments of beauty in the world

(for Amanda, nearing our 10th Anniversary )

you are
a flock of butterflies,
floating lovely
against
the tornado

as I am swept off
in currents
knowing
this is
enough

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2023, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape

the commute is always the hardest part

waiting out the storms, counting between lightening strikes

the first summer rain purges the city of pollen
while tornados erase sections of southern Indiana

listening to weather reports on the shortwave watching the wind kiss the trees, quick like, and on the way to work

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