Poems

1

not feeling
the hermit life
for once
the day was decent
and i’d rather wallow

2

porch gecko
spiky feet on my hands
disappears
into plant shadows
good kitty

—march 18

3

kids shouting
quarantine time
or vacation?

4

sunny world
waking up to more
sickness

—march 19

5

wonky
wibbly day
snoring on the futon

6

two whole
days off
terrible toilet paper

7

beach closing—
boat running—
vulnerable people

—march 20

8

too much time
sitting
up early

9

midnight
beaches shut down—
at noon
the tourists
do what they like

—march 21

10

cherry blossoms
falling on
empty streets

—march 22

11

almost a non-day
just tired
waiting…

—march 23

12

crow commentary
a pair of hawks, there
no, there

—march 24

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Photo Credits
Top photo: Aniq Danial
Bottom photo: Aneth Charles

1

pink skin
from the bath
my head is filled
with stardust—
bookworm

2

westering sun
casts hard shadows
on the overpass
they remind me
of broccoli

—march 11

3

breathing
the same air
as flowers

—march 12

4

this tiny
piece of the universe
licking my hand

(kitty)

5

i wish
some things
were as pretty
as their names
(coronavirus)

6

seed fluffs
drifting over
already parched grass

—march 13

7

morning sunlight
and the sweet smell
of oak leaves

—march 14

8

the world
rushing indoors
to reach outward
welcome
to hermit life

9

a run of
insomniac nights
chomping holes
in my words
what a pest

10

making tea
while sipping
coffee

—march 9

11

from nowhere
the mysterious scent
of soy sauce

—march 16

12

world on
lockdown, everywhere
green leaves

—march 9

13

old man
ripping up weeds
on public sidewalk

how dare
that spring green
break up the cement?

(quarantine)

—march 17

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Photo Credits
Top photo: Crystal de Passillé-Chabot
Bottom photo: Gerrie van der Walt

1

listening
to a musician on music
over lawn equipment

groping
my way through the dark
word by word

(illumination)

2

into the silence
first cup of butterscotch tea
and a distant seagull

—march 5

3

empty night
waiting for
the rain

—march 6

4

quiet Saturday
daring
to open my curtains

5

all that time
taking care
of others—
i have forgotten
how to be

—march 7

6

time change—
wondering when
I lost myself

7

pale mirror
reflecting leaves
—teacup

—march 8

8

a bright morning
for hearing deep news

9

living
a constant stream
of lawn maintenance sounds

10

fluffy bath mat
hot hot water
first-world solutions

—march 9

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Photo Credits
Top photo: Ochir-Erdene Oyunmedeg
Bottom photo: Phebe Tan

1

soft rain
the endless march of
novels continues

soft rain
still hidden away
in my shell

(hermit)

—february 26

2

weary eyes
fighting a sleepless battle
for this story

3

dark clouds—
flat holes
in a tangerine sky

—february 27

4

sweet lemonade sunlight
pouring in the windows
the novel nearly complete

5

this quiet dark
broken by the shining
of a book light

—february 29

6

year’s first
mockingbird song
open window

7

whishing traffic
punctuated by the question mark
of a water droplet

8

this evening
is the sky made of
candy or watercolors?

—march 1

9

laying out
the future
infinity of words

—march 2

10

hairy man
across the pool
reading Catch-22
on my side
I write poems

—march 3

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Photo Credits
Top photo: Max Rovensky
Bottom photo: Emilio Garcia

1

bleeding
too much
makes words
run dry

—february 21

2

long night
beyond the window
someone laughs

3

i will always
remember how you
misspelled me

4

overpass wall
stretching white and clean
past my front door
online a neighbor froths
about the graffiti

5

reluctantly
contemplating showers—
not wanting
to miss the sun

6

stale tea,
worry not
thou art
still drinkable

—february 23

7

if human eyes
needed no rest
I would devour
all the world’s stories

8

neighbor’s sneeze
louder than mine
worn-out weather stripping

9

the jittery impatience
of having things to do
and not doing them

—february 24

10

dark oaks
wave their fingers at
wispy sky

11

silent afternoon
the faintly shining streets
a surprise

—february 25

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Photo Credits
Top photo: Wil Stewart
Bottom photo: reza shayestehpour