Burning Song
So burdened with a burning Song, the Soul makes, moves toward that eloquence of gold when flames have stripped her body of what stone-...
Coffee Bay
that if I had a wish, I’d wish for us to be stranded so long together, we’d come back reeking of blackberries, that we’d have twigs in...
Fury
Shall I gather the liquid centuries into my body and renounce these petty rules as but the artificial stepping stones to grace who is now...
Exodus of the Ancient Heart
I’ve seen the water banks holding the black ripples under the moon and the withered trees clinging to their cracking, yellow leaves. Now,...
The Bleed
When, in mute wonder of it, in the night, in awe, I dress that goddess who is my lonesome Soul crying to join everything as though it...
Body's Perfect
No body’s perfect, save thine dressed in blood, and wrapped about the head by shawl of silk. “Impostor of the Lord,” they label you,...
Clarity When
Well, I’ll know clarity when I am not born of smoke but of the flame—No, when I’m the flame itself, all woodwick & nightshaft transcend’...
The Blackbird
It is seen among couples on park benches at midnight— It is not seen by them. It is heard by the deaf and felt by the blind. It greets...