Kilauea & Hawai’i

Kilauea We watched as the mountain reformed itself from the broad slopes of Mauna Loa: the flecked orange-red pulsing far-off Continue reading →

Watering Time

Under the goose-feather comforter (60’s pink floral print, roses marching in tended lines) field-tanned skin all-over pricked by hollow shafts Continue reading →

Some Call it Food

or What Kyle Said Sunday I found my heifer dead on her back: cattle, if they lay wrong, will basically Continue reading →

Pelehonuamea

They say a goddess arose bestride this isle, ka wahine ʻai honua, scouring the lush canopy with her sanitizing mantle, smooth and Continue reading →

California Poetry

Abroad Again Abroad again, and as normal as no-one. I tell you specific things about myself and you identify or Continue reading →

The Match-Head

The Match-Head By itself the universe is cataclysmic: the slow dance of stars observed in a peaceful-seeming field is billions Continue reading →

The Inclined Plane

The Inclined Plane Some disorientation is to be expected (teeth wagging in a bar-fought alley, our wall of family photos Continue reading →

Equinox

Equinox This feels like the last Spring. Winter neither came, nor left, a gaudy personification of nature gone poof! in Continue reading →