harvest
my father stops calling me honeybecause boys are not sweet
they are gravel spilling out of open mouthson the playground
and when i start looking more...
Ecological Observations on Growth
Is birth only a rupturing of surfaces?
Sprouts from abandoned coconuts,hoisting pinnate leaves, an abacusto measure my absence from home.The mango...
Digitalis purpurea
Somewhere
I am not in motion
but held
by foxgloves
and June grey
granite peering over
asphalt curves
golden lines are
lanes and bumblebees
bloodspot blossoms
and a summer
not yet here
but not yet
there,...
Perfect Kiss
The first insults those that follow—
a curiosity, a carnival ride at dusk.
Second or hundred-&-third
recalls the first, measured &
found lesser—small rite
in tribute to inaugural...