the weight of the sky / resists the sunrise / but the trees and the mountains // welcome it with a breathing / song of acceptance / in the orange light

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i woke this morning / after a good sleep / and drove down to the river // to see what kind of sunrise / the river and sky / might offer my eyes

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the water above / and the sky below / tell me the upside down world // lays itself out before me / a bird flies through me / i bring the sky home

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i chased the sunrise / across the ocean / and fell asleep before it // turned into someone's sunset / but woke in a strange / new day and caught it

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For some reason I have a new flying skateboard— call it a skyboard ...

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rainy vacation / comes to a rainy / end say goodbye to scotland // now a short hop through the clouds/ to london and then / race the sunrise home

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The air of Ayr is fresh and spare …

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Armitage Shanks / Was a man of some means ...

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a double sestina in progress

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I’m sitting at the kitchen table, the one my father built ...

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