Poem: An Expansive Land
Let me still the trembling of your hands
with my own. This is your motherland.
You are home. Continue reading → Let me still the trembling of your hands
with my own. This is your motherland.
You are home. Continue reading → Poem: Blame it On Me
Blame it on me
if it will bring you peace.
I’m an old tree:
I sway in the breeze,
but I’ve been scorched
by fire and the wars of men
and I’ve rooted day by day. Continue reading → Bring It In #2
Bring it in, bring it in.
I’m not here to sin
but to kiss your mind –
your alive as the Amazon,
pouring out poetry
like feathers over Angel Falls,
humble through it all
mind. Continue reading → Poem: I Promise
I can’t promise never to hurt you,
but I promise anyway,
because that’s what people do. Continue reading → Poem: I hear you’ve been looking for me
I hear you’ve been looking for me.
I’m still here, living free,
eating ash and sand,
rubbing it into my wounds Continue reading → Poem: Welcome to California
Looking for gold in the Golden State
nuggets are piled on other men’s plates
and they’ll burn you out at half past eight
welcome to California. Continue reading → Poem: Love You Right
I’ll love you right next time.
I won’t be a mime,
split down the line.
tongue snagged like a carp. Continue reading → Poem: You Are a Forest
You are a forest
and I’m lost in your depths,
surviving on faith. Continue reading → Poem: To Hold You
To hold you in my arms
once in a hundred years,
to feel your warmth and breath,
your frailty and strength, your breast
rising and falling against mine… Continue reading → Poem: Water and Dust
Ya Rab (O Lord),
I am just
water and dust
moved by a breath. Continue reading →