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| I set the Moon | |
I set the
Moon, |
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| I stop on the long slog up the hill | |
I stop on
the long slog up the hill to greet my neighbor, |
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| We play the remembering game | |
| We play the remembering
game. and I'm astonished at your recall, these vivid episodes long lost to me... |
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| Forever and Never | |
| You open your
arms to me, goodbye, And the beach could sooner resist the tide than I can keep from Wrapping myself in you. |
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| Don't Look Before You Sing | |
| Don't look before
you sing, before you let your heart take wing, before the wail of love long lost wells up in your throat... |
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| It Happened When I Wasn't Looking | |
| It happened when
I wasn't looking: the paper carcass of the pupa split and fragile soft yellow planes unfolded... |
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| Ten Thousand Nights | |
| Ten thousand
nights I've lain by you, Lulled in the dark by the Gentle rhythm of your breath... |
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| Big Aloha | |
| It's
big aloha I have for you, a love so large it shouldn't need to be told each day... |
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| In perfect rhythm you and I | |
| In perfect rhythm
you and I dip and swing. You supply the power, I steer by subtle increments... |
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| October Is | |
| October is the
best month, I do believe; Crisp and crackling as dry leaves, or Grey and soft as cashmere... |
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| I Have Taken a Lover | |
| I
have taken a lover. He comes to me in sleep, he visits me in dreams... |
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| Coda | |
| ...I leaned against a sooty sill, and slowly wiped the lipstick from my lips. |
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| I Fell in Love with Your Front Door | |
| ...I
fell in love with your front door, fell in love, got addicted, doesn't matter what you call it... |
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| Where Does Truth End | |
| Where does the
truth end and untruth begin? You told me some true things, and some things you wished were true. You told me a lie or two... |
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| You're the Damn Prickliest Man | |
| You're the damn
prickliest man I've ever loved. I haven't got you straight yet. Who are you? ... |
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| Possession | |
| I wanted to possess
you. Not to bed you, but to kiss and caress you Like a pet, like a baby doll... |
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| In exile I showed you | |
| In exile I showed
you I can summon dignity. Like a splint it bound up my broken dreams... |
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| My head is like my closet | |
| My head is like
my closet, too full to see what's in it... |
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| Tight Rose Furled | |
| Tight rose furled
is the bud of apple blossom; white and blown the flower that has yielded its sweet secret to the promiscuous bee... |
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| Life Springs from the Earth | |
| Easter, and life
springs from the earth in sun-drenched splendor; laughing daffs and shy dainty violets... |
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| No Goddess I | |
| Get off your
knees. I am no goddess, just a vain, silly mortal... |
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| Beloved | |
| ...I forget how
good you are, like bread. I go looking for cocktails... |
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| Tales of the Parallel Universe | |
| a cycle of 17 poems from big bang to black hole | |