SELECT POEMS
cornfield stubble
thumbing through
the book of Job
birds of passage
the gentle flutter
of elm leaves
cornfield stubble
thumbing through
the book of Job
1,000 rivets
on the wing
holding it together
midday snow flurry
thinly veiled signs
across the valley
birds of passage
the gentle flutter
of elm leaves
her ashes drift downstream wild asters
summer’s end honeysuckle in my teeth
washing up
before dinner
a winter fly
cricket sounds
his story loops back
to the start
talking politics
my line hangs up
in the lake bed
her ashes drift downstream wild asters
summer sun
coming out of his shell
on the last day of camp
still morning
on the lake
a silent eulogy
searching for stars
in the charcoal sky—
asters underfoot
midsummer moon
a rat scurries
behind the bushes
cool morning air
the old wool blanket
heavy on my chest
coyotes howl
at the strawberry moon
crick in my neck
