Unnumbered Psalm
By Poetry Issue 129
As near to forever
as humans can bear to imagine
our earth’s one moon will circle,
and far-off stars although unstoried
shine
Read MoreOriginal Light
By Poetry Issue 129
A little angel stepped out of a scrub oak
and tried to bar my way—
Breathing Light
By Poetry Issue 129
Blue is an elegy for the sea.
Read MoreLong Story Short
By Poetry Issue 129
Notes for a Hagiography
By Poetry Issue 129
Make her domestic as a rose,
polite as tap water, safe as the corpus
on a dime-store crucifix.
Dust Devil
By Poetry Issue 129
Clothes wilted on our bodies. The old habit
of flesh returned.
Calling the Phoenix
By Poetry Issue 129
The morning gently drags
its plumage down the sidewalk.
Emmaus
By Poetry Issue 129
Be thou our invader.
Read MoreThe Honey
By Poetry Issue 129
The premature hive of you.
Read MoreSwarm
By Poetry Issue 129
In the future, someone must invent
August for the insects.


