Mural: October 2023
Ever since the world ended
There’s no more black-and-white
-Mose Allison

The candidate with sideburns and cavalier
hair says it’s … Read more
Ever since the world ended
There’s no more black-and-white
-Mose Allison
The candidate with sideburns and cavalier
hair says it’s … Read more
When my son presses the trigger,
a column of flaming hydrogen
shoots from the launch post,
leads a cubic metre
of evening to daylight for an instant.
I am … Read more
It never turns out well when gods doze
at the universal wheel. I believe in deities
as almost all folks have. From Zeus to Atlas,
all down the hierarchy … Read more
Every five minutes, the news is poppin’
around the world. The stories toppin’
the big news channels
are frightening shots and video panels
Of pictures where life is stoppin’,… Read more
I can remember you and your dad strolling
the beach, crab hunting.
I was close by teaching my son
not to fear waves going over his head.
You were … Read more
Men scooped through the rubble, unroofed
a mess of mashed strawberry and bone.
A woman screamed. She’d glimpsed
a shred of cloth, recognized her grandson.
Keening rose and fell, … Read more
(turning nine in captivity in Gaza – October 23, 2023)
Blue sky, white clouds, yellow sun,
red balloons, hundreds and hundreds of red balloons
on sinuous strings held by the … Read more
For Pope Francis
For years, he had been sending love letters
to his sisters and brothers on this “suffering
planet” warning about the coming disaster,
greenwashed by climate deniers, “bad … Read more
On Simchat Torah, we wound the scroll,
four handles between us all
to bear the fallen stone of our story
back to its origin—back to its place
of honour—like … Read more
The images stand between him and the rest of a life
that began again in the long crossing.
On the edge of a pit, he starts snapping heirlooms.
I … Read more
The big hand of time travels
in a circle, your mother’s
voice coming back to you:
Messa a fuoco, Rudolph.
Don’t follow your father through
the broken window.
Strange … Read more