-Writer, Publisher & Digital Artist-
WINTER POEM FOR SMALL CREATURES
11/5/2017
Snowing again
white clouds cancel fall
Maple leaves blanket streams
transpired in hopeful event of salmon
Why the squirrel crosses the road
soft walnut in each cheek
only he knows
We are not ready for winter
those spare months the pickup
can’t get over the pass
The seed is stored and quilts are sewn
should we need another in the middle of the night
In the morning we open the door
Look: all those tracks in the snow…
I am posting this as a way of checking in with anyone who might happen upon this blog. I retired about five years ago to dedicate myself to my writing and art. In that time, I have initiated a number
I will be reading my contribution, "Paean for the Moult," at the launch party for basalt magazine at Eastern Oregon University on May 10, 2019. The new issue looks terrific. Hope you get a copy as thi
Thanks for editors, Jodi Varon and David Axelrod, my poem, "Paean for the Moult," will appear in the next issue of basalt magazine. https://www.eou.edu/basalt/