These Things and More
it’s like living in a house where you can’t see the sun set it’s like losing your toe because you’re diabetic and didn’t want to listen to the doc about your diet it’s like herding twelve sheep you never named …
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
A Feather
As I lay sleeping I was dreaming, Dreaming of a child I once was. I was sitting in a circle, a sacred circle. In this circle were the people of our past. They were laughing and having a good time. …
Old Man’s Son’s Vision Quest
In a dream one enchanted night when the stars were out and the moon was ripe I met a man who was wise and old. He wore a warbonnet of heavenly gold; His braids were long as mountains ran and …
Sovereign
Long ago when the earth and a people were one, they lived proud and true Their eyes sparkled like the bright stars on a dark blue night Their hearts were pure as the pale plains Their blood rich as the …
We Real Cool, Too
To my nephews Bo and Jonny, the Wanta-bes We walk with our pants so low that we can shovel the snow. We talk the talk, but can’t walk the walk. In this small town, we’re the meanest, the baddest, the …
It’s All Good
A ray of the sun peeks over the mountain A cold trickle of water slides down to the nearby stream Furry animals come out of their hiding places Gusts of smoke as you exhale the evening air Billowing dust clouds …
She is a Daughter
She is a daughter She is a mother She is a sister She is a grandmother Her young ample body walking in the snow feet bleeding face numbing Ghosts on horses telling her to move along She falls She takes …
Rebirth of Day
The sky is a black abyss, When hints of a dim glow appear. Minutes tick away. A startling red sweeps across the sky, Like paint on a black canvas. Then all is still. Minutes tick away, but it seems like …
Live Fast, Love Hard, and Die Young
To my brother Do you know that my earliest memory of you was when I rode on your shoulder? You dropped me, and I cut my head. The scar is still there. Later, I remember you helping our mother a …
Superficial Wounds
They really beat up the bear; That was when he left home. I think it was to find true love— Little did he know it never was far, Nor did anyone figure that was his goal. Everyone thought he was …