fringe selvedges

the loose end of poetry

Cemetery Trail

Racing into slowness
Breaking from decline
I snap back into focus
As the mind –
Returns to mine.

Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford, CT – August, 2019

Refraction

Whispers, into screams
Becomes, my only means
As the moment –
Evolves,
Into my dream.

Bras-Coupe, Maniwaki, QC – August, 2019

Mateo

Breaking from all reason
Running through its mind
I fight to find the beauty
From the things –
I hate to find.

Durham, NC – August, 2019

Huntsville

Breathe.
Acknowledge your present
Invite a vow
By becoming the focus –
Of your immediate
Now.

Wilkes-Barre, PA – July, 2019

Bay Street

When the light
Of cold reason
Goes dark, on display

It highlights
The moment
That life, finds its way.

San Francisco, CA – July, 2019

Percent Solid

Driving through my timeframe
I hear the roar of now
As I’m the present tension
From the cry, that questions how.

Spartanburg, SC – June, 2019

Karl Bitter

Prophetic old visions
Of upcoming pride
Makes the promise
Of progress
An aspirational, guide.

Philadelphia, PA – June, 2019

Nineteen Forty Seven

Drifting down
The core
Downtown
Is a peace
In chaos
That’s symmetrically,
Sound.

Providence, RI – June, 2019

Marked

The concept of beauty
Its effort, its tease
Is a wistful reminder
Of the pleasure –
Of ease.

Maidstone GC – East Hampton, NY – June, 2019

Death Valley

Feeling the favor
The effort, the pride
Fumbling with focus
Is just nonsense, implied.

Clemson, SC – May, 2019