Monthly Archives: April 2020

In my garden the compost delivers sweetness to tomatoes rich as cherry juice. The dark is a sign of riches that course through the vein of every vegetable, sparkling as liquid slips down the chin, hands all sticky- oh how sublime this eating is. There is beauty all around me from the chill of summerContinue reading “Pass-along plants”

The dying begins at birth. The acorn that spawns the mighty oak is but shadowed in the timeless space of the universe. The oak may extend life to caterpillars, bees, give shade to you and me but it will be felled someday whether the wilt or axe or long life- the method of death whetherContinue reading “Bubble life”

I will rock myself today in lullabies for babes like a newborn in my mother’s arms as she whispers from her grave, with an anthem from the angels you can never be alone – oh my lovely daughter sing on my dear, sing on. The rhythm of my feet despite their leftward beat will moveContinue reading “The lullaby blues”