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Poetry An Ivory Netsuke of a Rat In his pocket he keeps a rat, small to him but monstrous moving across your spotless kitchen floor. He calls his rat Jack and feeds it crackers, cheese, and apple pieces from his many snacks. In school he strokes Jack’s squirming back when the teacher asks for facts [...] Poetry Doe in the Monastery Garden, 1912 Sun and shadow dapple your sleek brown back as you move gracefully across my lawn down near the brook bordering the woods. Munching vines, your young one looks up at you but your eyes stray to your antlered mate over in the next yard. He signals so you [...] Poetry Deer First light and the deer come floating Down from the ridge and across the yard. Through mist that trails like smoke Across the fields of snow. Now and then their heads rise out of the fog And look around. They know there is food here somewhere Beneath the mounds of worn down snow. [...] Poetry Northern Cardinal, New Braunfels, Hill Country, Texas, USA Your crimson vestment can’t be camouflaged, like sparrows, by lush greenery, my stubborn and elusive muse. At daily Matins, I seek you out beg your vermilion sun to cross my path, follow your chant, more spiritual than fire-and- brimstone sermons of mitered men, vents for the [...] Columns Perhaps sanctuary is a gift in childhood that must be pursued again in later life once we question assumptions about the importance of attending to daily tasks. [...] Columns His face and eyes radiate tranquil happiness. Pride. Satisfaction. Paused in the pilot’s seat, he appears to be tucking the memories of this essential day into a deep, sacred place. [...] Reviews What happens when a goddess touches your life? It is a question the reader absorbs as she reflects upon her own life. The Temple of the Subway Goddess |
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