Monthly Archives: January 2015

Immortal diamond

Across my foundering deck shone A beacon, an eternal beam. Flesh fade, and mortal trash Fall to the residuary worm; world’s wildfire, leave but ash; In a flash, at a trumpet crash, I am all at once what Christ is, … Continue reading

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Sudden illness and the bleeding heart

The other night I was asked to rein in my bleeding heart… Although this appellation has always been used as an insult, for lo these many years, in this particular case it was a comment made by someone whom I … Continue reading

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New Year’s Eve

I do not know if touching former wounds and holding as we spoke onto the hand of my brother, heavy with past machine oil and all the cracks of a life lived here and there and lately on the streets … Continue reading

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