Patterson Gap Poetry

I was archiving my poems on my other website PattersonGapPoetry which I have now discontinued. Instead, I will be adding them here in some way. I've started with a new tab and one of my earliest poems, "Southern Smile".

Pieces

(For Robert)

Pieces we bring

into this life

and pieces

we leave

Among the pebbles

Among the pebbles

a flower grew

only to perish

in the night

Lasting love, lasting

Out of the

patterned heart

do just so

Grounded

Take your feet

from your shoes,

remove socks

if any.

Fragrance in the air

There will be

fragrance in the air

and you will be there

Only Silence

In the rush of activity

the silence is there

Waiting, for the moment,

The Baler

I think a blade of grass

doesn't quite express

the journeyman's work,

a day man to the stars?

There's a flower

There's a flower

in the crevice

where the water

froze last winter

Whip-o-will

Not much but

the whip-o-will's

summer chant.

Zebulon

Zebulon will reside

by the seashore,

by the seashore

where the

ships lie.