Love Story
Cradle the cup, and when you bring it to your lips, this is your first kiss. . [ 1587 ]
Archive for October 2022
Star Light, Star Bright
A picture of a mountain isn’t a mountain. So with a river, a flower, and those we hate and love. Memory, too, is a kind of picture, as are words. The word mountain isn’t a mountain. But to show each other our pictures, we climb mountains and mountains of words. The memory of something that happened isn’t the happening. Maybe that’s one reason we keep fighting wars. Genocide in books […]
Reason No Reason
It isn’t good sense that keeps me writing. It’s the sense that everything’s good. . [ 1585 ]
Gardener’s Tune
shovel deep / shovel strong / I love your forever song . [ 1584 ]
Eleven Years Since
I’m reading Ulysses again, and Joyce and I agree, all three of us have changed. . [ 1583 ]
Water Music
Listen — even this low, the stream above North Falls sings of abundance. . [ 1582 ]
Waiting for Rain
afternoon sun / the first ripe apple / and an oven to bake it in . [ 1581 ]
After the Moon
a leaf on the ground / lines on her face / an old man with faith in his cane . [ 1580 ]
Hidden
The mind an unlit candle — no wonder there’s darkness in the world. . [ 1579 ]
As Many As
This body in years — sixty-six and more. But do I really know my age? Ask the universe. Look up at the stars. . [ 1578 ]
William Michaelian 