Yearly Archives: 2008

Ghost

Sister’s voice on the phone jars me from my lethargy write to him years are never kind to ancient tumors barely sentient in abandoned tombs The construct that encased him was not of his own making he inherited it from … Continue reading

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Looking out over the Elsa Valley: Tuscany, 1998

These bricks have felt the sun rise under Caesar those walls across the valley glistened then some eyes some hands have planned and planted trees here and poets sang the song I sing again. Each inch of land and every … Continue reading

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clearing out the essentials

My wife began the day with an ominous word: “Okay—” More than the word it’s the pause; I hear thunder in the furniture and lightning in the shelves and if the elves can’t handle this, we’ll do it by ourselves— … Continue reading

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