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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Ice Waterfall
The dog’s been underfoot all day, you say. You two need a walk Banished, the dog and I hike toward the river away from the wind away from yesterday’s phone call No one else is out Above us, the waterfalls … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Published Poems, Song Cycles
Tagged Carson Cooman, Chasing the Moon Down, dog, ice, Katherine Gekker, Northern Virginia Review, poem, poetry, waterfall, winter
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… to cast a shadow again
(Composer Eric Ewazen used the eight poems of “… to cast a shadow again” as text for music for medium low voice, trumpet and piano. Well Tempered Productions released this music on the cd entitled “Chamber Music of Eric Ewazen,” … Continue reading
Smoke
We move like ghosts through the trees this gray spring morning my coat as wet as the dog’s A bright goldfinch flies across our path startles us Like your name in this morning’s newspaper after all these years startles me … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged dog, Katherine Gekker, nature, Northern Virginia Review, poem, poetry
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Cherry Tree Kabuki
Dying Higan cherries toppled – cascades of weeping branches stacked – blossoms’ white, pink gingham chaos. Gardeners’ electric saws gnaw rotted trunks, fell our gnarled shade. The ancient white-faced dog and I escape our home, pass lawns scattered with ragged … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Published Poems
Tagged akebono, cherry trees, Chronicle of Higher Education, dog, Katherine Gekker, kwanzan, nature, poem, poetry, sonnet
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Early Snow Predicted
The winding sheet is almost around the yard — leaves raked onto beds, the birdbath upended like a toadstool. Pale tomatoes the color of papayas turn translucent in the cold. A hidden bird sings a single note like a bosun’s … Continue reading