Parallel Poems - March 2014

Written on 22 October 2019.

Ash Wednesday —
a first rain dampens
graveside dust

Written on 22 October 2019.

across the score
a cicada's
last note

Written on 22 October 2019.

drawn out scrawl
of a late cicada
on the canvas

Written on 23 January 2017.

lenten retreat . . .
a sparrow cocks its head
into silence

Written on 23 January 2017.

last cicada . . .
the silence crackles
around it

Written on 23 January 2017.

first light
the fall from it
all around

Written on 23 January 2017.

losing heart
a loss of words
fills the air

Written on 23 January 2017.

soundless by starlight —
the poet sipping darkness
from a mirror's eyes

Written on 23 January 2017.

scented night —
a moth enters the hush
between stars