Thicket

The curve of a bush or a woman in bloom is reflected in my hands They make mirrors of each other in-out-out-in brushing strands Of leaves or time across the universe and who waits at the city on the edge of forever But a Poet and a Dance brushing off Fate and Chance whose hoofbeats…

Violet and Intemperate

Speak to me O Muse of that thing which we call love That is washed away in the sands of the mighty just as easily as it is held in the hearts of the brave Sing to me a battle hymn of he who is unrepentant in his gaze and she who rose to meet…

Bite Me

If a woman were to be expressed in fullness she would take up all the breadth of the national library and still have several thousand floppy disks left over Suitable to match, I suppose the floppy remarks and Toms, Dicks and Harrys she leaves behind her on her journeys and leftovers are often a sad…

I Decorate The Sun For You

When the light is low and the wind is long I shape the shadows on the ground And I like to make them change and play until they’re old enough and long enough to pass away Into the cool soothing night they at long last light fade Until the morning when the shape of the…

Flickering

The lights in the house next door start to flicker on But then I feel scared and shy and I want to run And I don’t know where this feeling comes from deep inside But it claws around in me and I want to hide So I guess I’ll play it straight for a while…

Madness

In the rain and the rush and the pain You say it was madness that overtook you You say that you are sorry and that it was a mistake But you can never tell me honestly why you did it // Did you wake up this morning in a suffering state perhaps Or was there…

Ferns

The way that the curl of a fern twists and lingers like a sour taste in the air Reminds me of the way a rock hides a snail whose shell spirals in on itself Like a beech tree hovering in the sunset the light is diffuse and shadowed  Just like a full rich waterfall with…