trying still too sick
outside might agree with me
green vying with white
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photo by Harri P on Unsplash
water through the pipes
warm trick for winter metal
an old-house problem
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photo by Sigmund on Unsplash
(based on storm forecasts)
it’s day though so dark
taking sun and then moonlight
need new ways to see
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photo by Josep Martins on Unsplash
more: https://gumroad.com/josepmartins [from the photographer]
Barcelona, Spain
a story’s ending
exhale then outside to play
the next one will call
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photo by Hümâ H. Yardım on Unsplash
names
Our Lady has a day
Juan Diego anglo named
she gave him roses
(12 December, Our Lady of Guadalupe)
I am Christopher
bearer of Christ and walking
hundred-acre woods
your name is your name
assigned you for a reason
there is a story
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(a series, I suppose, though I think each poem stands on its own)
there are good stories [a line while drafting that I thought I’d let stay on the page]
photo by Aida Batres on Unsplash
Saint Nicholas gold
in secret by night windows
chimneys correlate
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for Saint Nicholas Day, 6 December (19 east of west)
photo by American Jael on Unsplash
Wichita
(somehow the magic)
sun angles through glass
by the panes make frames of light
inspiring our art
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photo by Alin Gavriliuc on Unsplash
pale gray without lines
no deep curves and shadow-play
I’d rather rainclouds
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photo by Giang Nguyen on Unsplash
late(ish) fall bares trees
spiny soldiers guard the land
so the ground may sleep
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photo by Samuel Bryngelsson at Unsplash
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