fringe selvedges

the loose end of poetry

Lagunamar

Breaking through the pressure We rise – To fight and see That what we thought was given Is not – And will never, be free. Cancun, MX – December, 2020

Stuyvesant

Searching for our balance We seek, suspended time To find, that one true thinking That behaves – As a non-thought crime. Milton Point, NY – November, 2020

Longshore

Riding on a vision Waking up to see Was that what I Took for granted Was that we – Were ever free. Westport, CT – November, 2020

Bluffed Oaks

Sensing, our surroundings In this age of – The Fear Reminds us, resoundingly To re-engage – What’s never clear. Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard – October, 2020

Crossed Fade

Movements, in motion In a memory, of me Makes, a soft judgement In the meanings, I see. Croton-on-Hudson, NY – September, 2020

Matter Dark Behavior

Crackle and shine From a blackness, sublime Leaves a vision In a moment Of mine. Cazenovia, NY – August, 2020

eleven exit

I walk down lanes Of other memories Experiencing loss, and love Of a consciousness stream – Like being inside, Another’s dream. Round Lake, NY – June, 2020

Isolate

See your mystery Feel your fame Remember your inside, Revolutionary, game. Feel your honesty And be unashamed Reveal your outside, Executional, flame. Rye, NY – April, 2020 (Quarantine)

Solaise

I measure, my moments In the spaces, of me As I think on My present As a now – that I flee. Val D’Isere, France – February, 2020

Mirrored

I fear my own anger I’m fraught with its pain Frozen Fanatic Fissures Is my mental – Terrain. Whiteface Mtn, Lake Placid, NY – February, 2020