When I was young Hands pulled at my skirt. Now children and grandchildren Tug at my hands Seventh Century Japanese rice-planting song
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Drawing
I thought I might do a drawing today and maybe you would pose for me You don’t need to reveal anything that makes you feel uncomfortable I can see all that I need in the skin under your eyes and the positions of your fingers and the width and length of your lips Instead aContinue reading “Drawing”
The Presence of the Past
History is the process of the past negotiating its terms of surrender to the future. Although the past cannot defeat the future, it will do, and is currently doing, all it can, to break as many hearts as possible in the present. Cruelty seems to be the guiding principle of those in power, in theContinue reading “The Presence of the Past”
I Never Knew Your Name
When I say I never knew your name, I am not talking about the one your parents gave you. I am talking about the one you gave yourself. You know the one I mean, the one that bubbled to the surface of your life on a hot summer night, like this one, when you wereContinue reading “I Never Knew Your Name”
It is hard to quantify beauty
Beauty is hard to quantify I wouldn’t want to if I could It would take away all the joy and mystery and grace and other things not found in words or numbers
