Poem Category: Miscellaneous

REM
yet sleep softens each fall
of her breast.

School holidays
scattered on the table
their rushed breakfast.

Starlight campfire
the near sound of horses
shuffling for warmth.

In the jade Buddha
almost a heartbeat
almost heard.

Dawn opens
the faintest sweep of willows
over the river mud.

I hawk, cannibal
in these mountains of the gods
kill whom I damn please.

Her red silk kimono
waiting for waves
his sprinkled ashes.

last-ray of sunset
our bird cage covered
indoors.

river narrows
the force of a cloud burst
white with boulders.

holidays …
I will plant
our apple tree’s clone