I am the Moon
I am the moon there, hanging limp in the night. I am gray, neither shadow nor light. The sky covers parts of me, here and there, But I...
Living Outwardly
I took swimming lessons sitting in a pew. They taught me how to stay afloat when the air closed in around me. And when they thought...
Crossing I-94
(Inspired by Walt Whitman's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry ) O train tracks of the light rail! I see you before me; I see you stretching to the...
The Illusion of Incompletion
I f(eel i)ncomp(le te, li)ke I'(m a) loc(k on)a doo(r and )so me(one to)ssed a(way t)he k(ey). I'(m c)ra(vin g the o)ther ha(lf of...
It's Always Snowing
I think it was at the bus stop in seventh grade that I first looked closely at a snowflake. It settled on my mitten as I stood there, and...