vide

ormolu horloge:
faux sentiments, et evide;
ne pas arreter

verandah

wild white bird visits
wood railing gray as ashes:
single chalky streak

extirpation

tendril fragments peep
shyly from stucco fissures;
ivy has no smell

theorem

three gold cones of light:
two eyes, one sun, converging?
gaspard monge floats free

calxes

scatter his ashes
between yacht races she said;
gritty ham sandwich

cellarage

kimchi stored out back
a couple few feet under;
hope we can find it

yahrzeit

tumbled churchyard stones,
i place pebbles at random;
sparks of remembrance

palynology

yay for bad old books
forgotten blooms pressed inside;
anthers pleated flat

january

brumal tang of salt:
wet mittens warm by the fire;
cheeks whipped by hood strings

blipvert

curtains of grey light
ripple through the smoky haze;
vinyl pads smolder

palette

parti-colored wrist
slopped with winsor & newton:
signed with dna

TumbleWords

luma

three tea lights diffract
through my New Year fireplace screen:
who's seeing - who's seen?

Monday Poetry Train Revisited

marche

piglet loves haycorns
mixed in with his lovely mash:
hogtied salami

Salumi marchiagiani

mojo

stars are workaday
blazing coastal semaphores
just gimme magic

pause

stand still, tilt your head;
snow flashes orange then blue dots:
drop your hands and breathe