“Can you play some Jamaican music?”she asks — the sax mancatches her question.“Are they from America ora different island?”she asks — me.She hails from Jamaicaon the wings of our lord.55 this years this July.Memory like a trap.Moves like the breezeas the jazz mobStirs It Up.Her grandmother a princess,her father a diplomat,her love for them overflows … Continue reading Beverly
little things
sin distortion
The mind bendsto what it seesas the willow bendsto the wind —Suggestion savors the momentbetweendisbelief and discretion,distorting the ever-sortingmind.Smiles and frowns,mere waves —emotion rolls eternal to the rhythm of the unknown.But beyond the tide,the current settlesto reveal the pearly present.
syncopation summons
Two terrainstumble into visionsplit by the same vapor that separates the mind and the soul.To choose is to chopthe finger from the foot —a peculiar propositionfrom the eye, overheard.What funny forcerhymes the reasonsof our revelation?Some cosmic coincidencedrawn to symphonic scale and scaleand scaleand scale. tumble together
kiwi supreme
Brain battered bycod — beer fried —potatoes cut, crisped, and salted,oh my! A cheeky reference fora meal fit for wonderland,or was it Oz?The yellow brick roadfloods with tartar sauce,a pinot party noir ~culminating in cheesecakeof peanut proportions.By lemon wedge sailboats and coleslaw archipelagos,we float into dreamseas,our bellies full of bliss.
merry melodies
West coast winter soak —green overnight, pastures bloom rainbows wrap gray skies ~Second year, countingnew traditions become old Christmas lobsters slap ~Lightstrung pine star crowned,silver baubles bounce and sway ~ merry melodies
locomotion
The rail a spine, each vertebrae a station ~people as pulses of the system, nervous and sympathetic — the lifeblood of a country.Another leafless landscapeAnother rippling river, swollen purple and brown Another farm of factories: silver emits white becomes blueAnother train of cargo and chemicals carrying the weight of industry ~ resources to be reimagined … Continue reading locomotion
a new night
rest and replenish resist the city’s siren ~ reset to rebound.
deciduously
Yellow ginkgo leaves cling to branches as they bid farewell to the life in their limbs extended to the heavens and out, rooted and reaching for their neighbors. The separation layer holds them together until the freeze snaps time into place, and we fall. To do what daunts humbly, to hold what happens softly, to … Continue reading deciduously
coastward
Eyes alight before the dawn, from wheels to wings — again I’m gone. Across the country, delayed but undaunted, arriving optimistic and severely exhausted — I sink sweetly into sea glass and brawn.
circles
The sun slinksup the back of dawn and slides down the spineof the horizon. Between these bookendswe summarize chapters missedand discuss drafts dreamed.Family, refamiliarizing.
Species of Value 