Month: January 2017

  • Dwarf Cockerel

    Plumes of iridescent hues compete with Shrill cock-a-doodle-doos Minuscule spurs and tons of attitude Green tail-feathers raise and fall in perfect arcs Cockscomb gate-crashing hen nights With perfect assurance: Only a male bird can pull off such theatricals   From ‘Animal Kingdom’   ©HMH, 2013

  • Blue Moon

    (©HMH, 2015)

  • Enigma

    Incomprehensible as an open book Written in Swahili or ancient Greek If you happen to read no such languages. Not all the tea in China nor lexicons or How To Paperbacks can conquer or explain: It puzzles and titillates novice as old hand But no one can claim freedom or disinterest. Awe-inspiring or pathetic We…