Waiting
Late in afternoon is thwarted with impediments.
The belly hesitates, the breath clenches,
feet
pace, waiting for a call.
And then it comes– that summoning
that musters up a story.
Will
the plight continue?
Will the night be ominous?
Or blossoming like a morning glory,
will
the table be cleared of dirty dishes
and satin bed sheets cleansed of stains?
Cracked: Timeless Topics of Nature, Courage and Endurance TotalRecall Press (2009)
Nominated for the GAYA Award (Georgia Author of the Year). “Usury” nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Beads
Ahead of all games, it is a wonderment
that a cache of jewels is not the prize.
Pearls
laid round a silken neck
contain a power, erect as a queen’s dignity,
delicate as a
flower in bud. They speak
invisible gossips, judging this and that.
One brushes a
hand gently over their roundness
and feels sublime exhilaration, comparing
their company
to the ascent of the sun.
Wild swain had first to gather them intact
from the deep,
where an ink-
conceals a mystery: that one would not survive
the catch.
Tangled in sea’s rockweed is more
than an occupation. It is the trap.
Life: Descending / Ascending
TotalRecall Press (2010)
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