Farm Road 1162

Yellowed 
cornstalks. The wind 
travels through the dead rows
of times we were together and
apart.

Leaving Missouri

Under 

the influence

of rain-soaked streets, the car

ahead hydroplanes into the

future.

Cindy Tebo

Colorado

Blue spruce
you hoped would grow
taller than the cedars. . .
some of its lost needles in the 
bird's nest

Diamond Quality

Matchsticks
dampened by rain
or some other sadness.
Too many strikes. The light goes out
again.

Noisemakers

New year
dressed in the old
year's clothing. Camouflage
and gunfire shatter any plans
for peace.

Decomposing

dreamscape
of fallen trees
a silent vigil held
by mosses and lichens in your
honor

The Hurt You Cannot See

...they asked her to tell what happened only to discount her memory... (Lorna Simpson, "Waterbearer," 1986)

Fractured
in places hard
to imagine. X-rays
only show a fraction of what's 
broken.