poems - old bones, new snow

one last chance

May 31, 2026March 29, 2020 by bonesnsnow

this unnatural natural silence

May 31, 2026December 4, 2019 by bonesnsnow

this wind
that was blowing
before breath arose

May 31, 2026November 11, 2019 by bonesnsnow

so little survives
beyond laughter and tears.

May 31, 2026April 19, 2019 by bonesnsnow

three geese
skim the treetops, crying out,
lost in this featureless white world

May 31, 2026February 17, 2019 by bonesnsnow

so many deaths

caused by mistaking reflections

for truth

June 1, 2026January 20, 2019 by bonesnsnow

what choice do we have
but lean into the darkness
and throw?

June 1, 2026January 1, 2018 by bonesnsnow

when I came here, I believed
it was the mountains that called
and so they do…

June 1, 2026March 9, 2017 by bonesnsnow

…we begin by thinking that love
is something that happens to us
like a bee sting…

June 1, 2026September 6, 2015 by bonesnsnow

if I slip a word
beneath your door
could you read it?

stones
upon the shore, count
the skips one, two, three – more

then silence.