Poem: Gulp

Everything all at once takes a pause
then resumes again
We can’t see or feel it most times
a crack the size of the cosmos
sealed up in an illusion of continuous flow
a pause between one breath and the next
that includes every star no matter
how far away and every sun long
beyond eye- ear- or any-shot
a gulp that isn’t quite [...]

Poem: A Little Door

A little door at the bottom of it all
opens up and when you
crouch down to get in
it’s as vast as the sky itself
You can pick out the stars by night
and the planets by day
Get up from your crouch and
extend throughout all its heavenly spheres
where nothing is really holding us back
except ourselves and a few tall
mountains [...]

Poem: One More Word

How can we add one more word to it
one more syllable one more
breath to what is already at its
peak of perfection its absolute facets of
the entire crystal reflecting everything
perfectly with no extra membrane
even one smudge of murkiness or
shadow even one throat-clearing
pause of doubt it’s so airtight and so
completely expressed the trillions of
gazillions of perfect bees [...]

Poem: Apothecary Jars

Apothecary jars on shelves of burnished silver
beakers filled with smoke gurgling in the dark
Something must be brewing from these nefarious ingredients
shamans in the depths of shadowy forests might use
Bits of waxed thread amber in its gum form
shedding lovely golden glows on the proceedings
Cotton dipped in liquid light then dabbed on clean surfaces
(I’m not even sure [...]