2021-02-03 16:31
light a candle
or
(maybe there is no candle)
look out the window
to the light of sun, moon, or stars
or
(maybe there is no window)
imagine light
its memory
hold within yourself
all things
t… Read More
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2019-09-19 10:56
It’s been a very long time.
I had to check–I haven’t written here since the fourth of July.
In the interim, much has happened. Nothing extremely dramatic, just the stuff of… Read More
2019-07-04 18:20
They say the Outer Banks will disappear someday, washed away by storm surge into the vastness of the Atlantic.
But they won’t. Nothing disappears. They may be dispersed, but they will… Read More
2019-04-27 11:59
It’s been a long week. It’s been a long month, for that matter. I recently began teaching full-time again for the first time since Thing 1 was three months old. He’s… Read More
2019-04-21 11:33
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2019-04-10 14:10
light a white candle
for mourning
for the blank
it leaves behind
do not worry
that your loss is smaller
than someone else’s
it is your loss
it is loss
and that is enough
is everything… Read More
2019-03-28 14:00
you will guess her existence
from the killing-field
tufts of fur strewn
beneath white pines
soft grey-browns
of rabbits, mice, voles
you will suspect her
in the flash of feathers
from a holl… Read More
2019-03-25 00:02
set a jar of water outside
let it steep in moonlight
bring it in early the next day
when it is slick and cold with dew
brew tea with moonwater
drink your moon tea and taste
how much sweeter… Read More
2019-03-14 14:00
light a white candle for light
light a black candle for darkness
(the moon has two faces)
this moon is a moment
of balance–but only
a moment
“half-moon,” we say
but there… Read More
