Monthly Archives: April 2026

The rising hills, the slopes,of statisticslie before us.the steep climbof everything, going up,up, as we all go down. In the next centuryor the one beyond that,they say,are valleys, pastures,we can meet there in peaceif we make it. To climb these coming … Continue reading →

The Guests Our house was strewn with people whom no on claimed to know, people who had been there for thirty yearsor more. One might showhimself at dinner, cobwebbed and thinner than the dead.No one would speak of it,unless the guest became unpleasant, … Continue reading →

Search Party By now I know most of the facesthat will appear beside me aslong as there are still imagesI know at last what I would choosethe next time if there ever was a time again I know the days that open … Continue reading →

Why Are Your Poems So Dark? Isn’t the moon dark too,most of the time? And doesn’t the white pageseem unfinished without the dark stain of alphabets? When God demanded light,he didn’t banish darkness. Instead he invented ebony and crows and that small … Continue reading →

Up on the Roof You wonder why it is they write of it, sing of it,till suddenly you’re there, nearest you can getto flying for jumping and you’re alone, at last,the air bright. Remembering this, I go with my too-light jacket up … Continue reading →

What Grandma Taught Her She hates to besomewhere without something to do.They are off pettingthe animals that don’t have a real home.When she gets like thisher hands and feet fidget her mind wanders as faras it can in all directionsand keeps looking back.Give … Continue reading →