In a village
sheltered by mountains of family
a groom is dressed for his wedding

The stubbled face of youth
Is lathered and shaved
the suit of a new man
presented
the boy buttoned up forever
inside a white shirt   [Read more…]

A clap of thunder
And unripened lemons drop
From orchards of clouds   [Read more…]

A stealthy downdraft
whips up the green bladed leaves
mows through sparrow’s song
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NAKED MOON

Naked moon looks down
From his Byzantine blue face
Raises an eyebrow   [Read more…]

Unexhumed boulders shatter
ground trembles
lakes change color
fumaroles billow

Herniated peaks rupture
earth throws itself into sky   [Read more…]

Between
amplified wings of flowers
. electric hives
comb bee blossoms   [Read more…]

When my father
looked at me
he saw the arms
he lost as a child

I never swam fast
or hit hard enough
to knock myself out of a match
I couldn’t win   [Read more…]

Overnight
airbursts

A city
on another continent explodes

By morning
the reflective wave
blasts through a local coffee house
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A mosque
may also be a church
if the beholder’s eyes
can marry minaret to
round-arched windows

If two houses of worship
can grow together

Minds
can mirror architecture   [Read more…]

Prior to surgical intervention
complete a thorough examination
of the subject

Note critical anatomical features
essential to survival
ignorantly puncturing a major artery
has terminal implications
that must be avoided   [Read more…]

I thought I died a desert
rolled inside
lava beds
paralyzed by the eight legged
photophobic sun

I thought I died a desert
until the coyote laughed
heaps of boulders
into rear view mirror   [Read more…]

I will still be wrapped in silk
when the winding cloth
is placed on altars by priests

Fasting
when the darkened churches
glow   [Read more…]