arriving without a suitcase spring rain
(Originally published in MacQueen’s Quinterly, Issue 22: 4 Feb. 2024)
Month: December 2024
saying yes to no
rainy day plans
a river stone
in my pocket
chrysalis
river rock erosion I sit for a few angstroms
tadpoles
a fleet
tickles through my fingers
dragonfly wings
more there
than meets the eye
night garden
white lanterns
powered by sun
the indigo
of approaching dawn
last rites
the flight home
longer than the miles
dad’s funeral
expanse of snow
unmarked the place my grandparents
crossed over
time on hold
faces
in a shoebox
wilted rose petals
a love letter full
of clichés
rose garden
how many loves
are possible
the hay’s first turn
the loose scent
of centuries
solstice picnic
the arc
of a horseshoe
first snow . . .
our neighbors turn on
their party lights
the wishbone
heart
of winter
advent calendar
in every window
more juncos
one more
dialect of silence…
snowfall
(Originally published in Acorn, Issue 51, Fall 2023)
errors in the translation winter rain
pouring rain
the leaky roof
has its own song
slide
of the crooner
year’s end