Tag Archives: St. Lawrence River

rainy river road

sagging bruised clouds crowded the flat dimpled water glazed the curving roadway to mirror brake lights, headlights bathed the trees and bushes docks and houses in deja memory, its own paynes gray autumn ochres gave way to low intensity prussian … Continue reading

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barking

1970 Christmas Eve near the Rio Grande in our trailer in the orange grove firecrackers dogs and roosters repeat the bang bark cockadoodle sporadically all night We miss the hush of snow much as kids miss daddies tokin’ it up … Continue reading

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Haiku 1

Sweet chocolate breeze Born warm in our basswood tree Sing us softly home

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