Poems From a Night of Rain
Wading She dreamed of diving in an infinite ocean, but wading in the lake was far safer - mostly dry and close to shore, the ocean would inhale her under! Yet safe as she was with every step clear the lake did swallow her whole. (2017) Autumn Leaves An autumn leaf fallen on a day in late November deep red, warm orange resting easy, its turn through grace and wonder, words and laughs collected now for a child’s artwork, an autumn leaf fallen on a day in late November An autumn leaf fallen on a day in late September a pale sickly yellow dotted with spots of mold edges already dried and dead withered and tired from too much sun, some autumn leaf fallen on a day in late September (2017, meant as a contrast between my grandmother’s life and my own as I felt it then) Driving Through I am from the space between atoms a bubble in an ice cube a daydream I don't remember but return to a...