Transflection

In the glass a woman saysfor real? adding if I couldtumbleinto those armsI wouldtumbleinto those armsfor real!I sayto the womanin theglass Published: Silly Goose Press: Pride Out Loud Issue | June, 2026

sunrise at the dump

black heights of wandering steamwashing machines in the willows shake onone at at a time tilt of tire flaked greenbends the creep of a bobber shadowfly shifts red to white Published: Issue #22 Street Cake...
Seven Senyru/Haiku

Seven Senyru/Haiku

shotgun windchime catalpa pods in october— a thousand lynched serpents amid the drooping fans of court prostitutes a lane of brightened frost inches toward the giant skeleton sleeping on its bones embers within a circle of striped blankets made of fire deep in the...
Redemption of Ice

Redemption of Ice

Let our ice melt at lastafter this long and killing winter.Let the crooked snagsdrip in the mouths of our emptiest cavesand burble like doves in the lightof a promising spring; meltwater,call the rains into your rush,uncloud the boundless sky,stripe the...
The Promise of Eggs

The Promise of Eggs

AT BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, I set the eggs on the counter and then stared a moment at the carton—brooding, I suppose. A dozen eggs always puts me in mind of fundamental things: whole notes or stony beaches, colored rings in a newborn’s crib. When I raise the lid, the...