winter - old bones, new snow

beyond reason

May 31, 2026April 18, 2020 by bonesnsnow

these alternating forces shaping the hands
that sculpt this world

laughter and tears

May 31, 2026November 11, 2019 by bonesnsnow

so little survives
beyond laughter and tears.

winter’s end

May 31, 2026April 19, 2019 by bonesnsnow

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

Wild is

June 1, 2026December 1, 2016 by bonesnsnow

wild is a fathomless
round eye

wild is feathers and fat,
muscle and hollow bones

wet dogs

June 1, 2026March 20, 2016 by bonesnsnow

maybe mornings like this are the price we pay for all those years of compromise of being barely close enough to each other. We’ve survived, at least we share that, such a thin blanket to cover the cold spots on cold mornings such as this. Yet I do like grey winter days when the … Read more

Solstice

June 1, 2026January 1, 2016 by bonesnsnow

“that these stars might finally draw us home again

on this, the very darkest night of the world.”

visitor

June 1, 2026April 1, 2015 by bonesnsnow

how strange it feels to return as a guest to this city where my children were born to sit above this frozen lake, barely a block from where she squeezed them into the world. chicago ice is harder than ice in the mountains all blocks and harsh geometries, the cold indifference of the city. … Read more

old snow

June 1, 2026April 27, 2014 by bonesnsnow

old snow I’m old enough now to feel the arc of my life rising over the years, the shape of it and the erosion of old certainties beneath. when we’re young we experience ourselves as a point as beings out of time. but I’ve knelt in this cathedral long enough now to … Read more