After Hearing the Rain

wetwith the dewof a heavy rain—the scent of ozonelingering still           * a bird criessomewhere in a nest—her shattered child           * the gate has opened—I walk throughlooking for salvation           * these are the soulswho wanderthe desolate streets—I search their eyesthey do not see           * in the streetafter a heavy rain—a …

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Songs of a New Morning

from the shorewhere I can see it allas it floats away to some other landwhere the sun continues to shinefor centuries and treetopssway in the windfilling the grasswith wandering pollen           * worn outlike a flag flownfor many years           * alone herewhere your lips oncehad left a mark           * onceI looked …

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A Man with Crumbs

A tree top twig   Beneath the empty skyI look among   The world’s connected stringsFrom a lofty view   That’s twenty stories highIt’s here I see   The flutters filled with wings This morning’s hush   As Hudson’s sparkle comesAround it flows   With autumn’s remnant leavesThe pigeon sky   Above the …

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