Sunday, May 24, 2015

Basket


Now is the season to water our hanging basket.
All summer long we must tend it.
Poor thing, it depends
on almost daily care;
thank God one of us has a memory.
And every now and then
I will put it on the step
well beyond the eave
so it can drink the rain.

May 24 2015

Sunday, May 17, 2015

American Dream


You know,
the first time I thumbtacked
one end of a string
to the map
(Tucson)
and stretched the other end
to a photo
of the last time I saw him
(alive),
I have to admit, I thought,
Oh. My. God.
This
is how it starts.

May 17 2015

Saturday, May 9, 2015

To Make Summer


To make summer, empty out your ice cube trays
or ice maker bin.
Let the old refrigerator smell
vanish down the drain with the water you have freed.
Fill the trays with spring water and put them in
or replace the bin
and turn the ice maker on.
Then wait patiently,
as you have
all through the endless,
frozen in the dark,
for summer ice.

May 9 2015