she walks slowly
my neighbor with her dog
gray hair and coat
where once there was gold
and barks met with laughter
spg 7/09/09wandering
around this wild world
in search
of a strong hand
to hold my leash
avv 7/05/09Leash taut between us
we dash along the creekbed -
she loves hide-and-seek
Happy yelps announce her prize:
dead hand curled among dead leaves
mac 6/27/09
warm breezes
men walking dogs
along the waterfront
today maybe I'll
find a lover
mk 6/27/09This time last year
hope held sway.
A light was on.
The beloved one wanted me.
We gazed...
dj 6/08/09
today I returned
to that cafe on main street
hoping to see you
it has been two seasons now
since I touched your boyish face
spg 6/06/09awake from dreams
of fire and fierce panic
no dim room to check
no downy cheek to kiss
no ease for a mother's heart
mac 5/26/09the children
gone for a week
sleeping deeply
in the silence
of an empty house
mk 5/21/09No word
of acknowledgment
comes
from the other side
of my world.
dj 5/15/09No sea so wild
I would not sail
nor shore so savage
I would not land
if he but gave the word
mac 4/28/09much more
than my eyes are
following
those handsome men
in their naval uniforms
mk 4/27/09On Bonapart Lake
a spider web of stars
so close
they get lost
in my comrads' beards.
dj 4/24/09
in the stars
I can trace the contours
of your body
and all the glowing pieces
I wish to touch
spg 4/24/09
All night we waited,
huddled against bitter frost
to watch the slaying;
Summer bled a storm of stars,
felled by Orion's club.
mac 4/19/09waking
with Orion
before dawn,
following his hounds
as they follow him
mk 4/17/09A muffling redwood
scorched in Chaucer's time
roots me to the Eel
while through stone-still air
it reaches into space.
dj 4/16/09
in this silence
as the dress slips off
even birds wait-
hear each amber thread give way
to the singing of your skin
spg 4/16/09Green-gold the crown
I plait for my love's hair -
willow, daffodil
Heron jabs her reflection,
snatches the bright fish beneath
mac 4/16/09
the twisted links
of a willow tree—
ten-year-old me
still wants to climb
this toppled giant
mk 4/16/09cigarette smoke
I used to wave away
from my clothes
now clings to the walls
where your picture was
spg 4/14/09
This mind, like water,
distorts all that enters it:
what is straight, it bends;
what is solid, it dissolves;
what is sullied, it cleanses.
mac 4/09/09
Onto a driveway
the sullen rain drips collapse
to embody splash patterns
into which reaching
Om Mani Padme Hung Hri
dj 4/07/09
a rain drop
into the sea
swallowed whole
I chant a mantra
under my breath
spg 4/01/09What word will pierce through
the roar of these delusions?
None is clear enough.
If I held up a flower,
who would be there to see it?
mac 4/01/09
Listens to silence
One who can no longer speak
For some words to come;
An expanding sphere ensues
Empty of speech and language.
dj 4/01/09bedridden
for the whole day
whimpering
like my mother
on her death bed
spg 3/26/09The #tekkan crew are (in order of appearance):
SPG - Sean Greenlaw
DJ - Dirk Johnson @dirkjohnson
MAC - Marin Corentyn
MK - M Kei @kujakupoet
AVV - Alex vonVaupel @alexvonvaupel