Why is it that I hold
the spring in such suspicion?
I have given up on the hope
that life will lift up its tousled head
and throw the covers back
with a fruity yawn the size of an open … read full post
spring of ’20
wash the next dish
Originally published by the Rabbit Room here. If you don’t know them, you need to. Check them out!
Today, again, I am at the wide sink in our kitchen scrubbing up the dinner dishes.
We don’t own a dishwasher, and … read full post
deathlife
(dedicated to Beth Mason)
i.
How do you keep
showing up
each day, when each day
is bereavement?
How do you lift your head
at the sight of the cold and beautiful light
standing like a child
by the foot … read full post
battle-blind
(for Palm Sunday, from my upcoming project WORDS FOR THE CHURCH)
“Trample our foes
under metal-shod heel
under ramrod doctrine
and volumes of steel!”
You are, too often, in our battle-blind sight,
our war horse for nothing but wild-eyed fight.… read full post
tv dinner | 12 kid’s shows we can agree on
I have a love/hate relationship with children’s television programming.
I love TV, or rather, the sort of stories that TV can bring into the world. But when it comes to what is available for my TV-age children (ranging from three … read full post
plagued
We are feeble,
dust and droplets and germs
with face masks on guard against
all the fears populating our world.
We lash out and reach out
and sometimes both at once,
not really knowing
what we do or don’t do,… read full post
solace | spring playlist
Spring is coming.
I have to constantly remind myself of this. I have to muscle my way through the grey days, through the grasping cold snaps in February and March, through the frosts that kill the early daffodils before they … read full post
mid-winter thaw
Saturday morning, ten o’clock or so. We are enjoying one of those rare thaws in mid-January that feel like spring and smell like fall, that give us all a glimpse of a sun we haven’t seen for weeks on end. … read full post
woven
It’s on the days
it flashes by in feeds
that someone else has left us;
on the days
we remember
those woven into eternity,
a tapestry of the never-forgotten;
on the days
we debate over
who’s lives really matter;
on … read full post
interview with the artist: josie koznarek
Josie Koznarek is a fine artist and designer based in Chicago, IL, working primarily in ink paintings. She’s also a long-time friend of mine.
Through the years we’ve crossed artistic paths here and there, often talking about further collaboration. This … read full post