Tag Archives: poetry

Mom (for Bethany)

Posted on November 3, 2018 by trillium24

She was the best mom. In hard times, she’d put a Bible under my pillow so words of comfort mingled with my dreams. (Fear not, for I bring you tidings of great joy.)   She never let a stranger-child go … Continue reading →

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Migration

Posted on September 16, 2018 by trillium24

Five billion years — we must find a new home. Five billion years  — the earth falls into the sun’s embrace and will not let her go. Our species needs five billion years to burn the dross from our souls, … Continue reading →

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Haiku, Japanese Garden

Posted on January 25, 2017 by trillium24

The shrine within me. Dew on the blades of grass shines on my dream lake.   A feather drifts by, aimless wanderer stop here. Oh, it is a moth!   The koi opens his mouth, all the colors of his … Continue reading →

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Famine

Posted on January 25, 2017 by trillium24

Even desperate for water in the desert the dead must be washed, every part, to stand before God clean.   Hands bound, feet bound, the child lies on the ground, the skull too big for stick-bones.   Quiet the child, … Continue reading →

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Psalm One

Posted on November 25, 2016 by trillium24

(“I found within me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus )   You have wasted your time, messed up, squandered your money.   You have destroyed your health, & you bristle with blame and resentment.   Listen.  You have the courage. to … Continue reading →

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Giant Pacific Octopus

Posted on April 8, 2016 by trillium24

If this octopus escapes an open tank, look carefully around, then worry. It can scuttle over land.   Longer than a car, it squeezes  through an orange-size hole.  The beak?  In its crotch or armpit, take your pick.  Ignore the … Continue reading →

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Farewell

Posted on February 18, 2016 by trillium24

When I am turned to ash I want you knowing that I hear your footfalls in the ancient forest, the scream of hawks, the water crazy-mad flowing down to the sea   and I want you knowing that I see … Continue reading →

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Apricot Moon

Posted on April 4, 2014 by trillium24

Ignition on, the key worn down almost straight now, on the dashboard, a pack of Camels lying on maps among rock samples and tufts of tamarisk.   Shirtless, you lean forward, turn the key, a birthmark flutters over your 6th … Continue reading →

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Prism

Posted on April 4, 2014 by trillium24

The glittering water pulses with rainbows, tosses off colors, swirling, a flutterance – no thought of loss or want or farewell, brilliance for a shilling or a dime or naught gathering the colors up again to shrug them off, twirling … Continue reading →

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Transformation

Posted on April 4, 2014 by trillium24

You are trapped in the gyre, drifting in the ocean without oxygen in a mass the size of Texas.   You can escape. Lean close. You must throw yourself into the endless whirlpool, lashed to a barrel. You think you … Continue reading →

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