April rained 3 birds Onto our front porch Poorly-inflated balloons they, their Fetal fledgling claws, their Yellow smiles, half-baked Turnèd … More
Category: fauna
On fire go horses to corral (San Joacquin Valley, 1991)
Condor wingbeat Eyes sharp for fresh meat Dive the chaparral On fire go horses to corral
jack, dog, dust
if only i knew that table rock that saddle gap i would lie me there until i too, turn to air … More
jack, dog, speaks at the captain’s funeral
them heathen took you, my captain, yes you, my captain my commander, my every thing my only thing yes, you, … More
jack, dog, awakes (my sky fall down)
my sky collapsed like a continent my voice broke in that thin air before you up-seen, then carbine-down those … More
April claws of the arthritic dead
April rained foetus birds on our artificial front porch Poorly-inflated balloons Tits-up Point the fledgling claws of the arthritic dead
April hasn’t eaten her young yet, busy redecorating
Hey, chatGPT, paint me a religion in tempera that I’ll believe
Us, poached
Birdwatchers in Beijing watch the addled swallows of your Opium Wars return to roost … cuidado amigo
Joe, NPO
cloverleaving through the night cleaving unto what’s right seething, disbelieving: they chickens they goats “don’t trust a man with a … More
Song of the crow-keeper in the desert southwest, v0
That very afternoon among the licking of tattoos, the kissing of scars, that bevel edge, the dolphin side, the pain … More
“Crows are smart”
T told me: “Crows are smart” then “You’re a different person from when you walked in here, your posture, the … More
Mercy. Road. Thrill.
What is: Kill
Sparrow at the bullfight
Sparrow at the bullfight: On that blade, Dragonfly, Alight
Elephant, arise
elephant, arise laugh, die in the full blast of your hyena sunrise
Sevilla: The elephant he come for the bull
The elephant he come for the bull the nod of heads, the “ Okay, my friend … “ the trunk … More
Elephant, walk on by
elephant, listen for the change follow watchfully behind bury your dead gather sticks walk on by her bowerbird grave
Just a elephant doing elephant things
salmon shall run no more bears shall sit their haunches eddies shall pass them by they shall fish no more … More
Crow decides, Crane rues
Crow makes a decision Crane rues his folly Crow, ”I shall land … there.” Crane, “Had I only … “ … More
Of crows the left-behind
This winter sees the bitternings of crows the left-behind of crows unsuited for flight of crows ill-equipped for animosity of … More
That breach dolphin
that breach dolphin, navy-grey, chose her final exhale into the ship’s screw, the whale
How do we, dolphin, kill him, shark?
How do we, dolphin, kill him, shark? How do we, eel kill her, urchin? How do we, bee, kill him, bird?
Our son took wing without a prayer
Last night When the moon reeled When the gulfstream veered: Off the white cliff Took wordless wing Our son, sans … More
She aborted, I yielded
Imperative Summer with Sadie, College Park, Maryland, 1998 Dance with dog sisters in the sky, Fireflies and flickering stars, You … More
We are fine grasshoppers
We are a fine pair of grasshoppers, a-clutch the Craning, like us, Stalk Down the south branch Speargrass takes his … More
Cicada, Corrida: at the fight, not fuck
Cicada, Corrida This just in: your reporter Kermit The Frog dateline: Columbia poolside: Like any, every, cock-blocked, Sriracha-sodden troubadour at … More
Young lieutenants at End-Evening-Nautical-Twilight
180 miles east of Los Angeles’ pointless summers ran shaven, heady, lieutenants low-spark’d, high-heel’d, bat-faced wayward boys, they counted coup … More
This was the worst victory
At the 3 cuchillo strikes it take to put him down down This was the worst death, the worst fight, … More
This bull take the thunder over his knee
Bull feel the sword hit bone “Take your little boy bag and go home” Bull feel lightning spark “he take … More
Sharia, Baklava
Sharia-to-go: All the justice she can affordAll the mercy afforded her the lash Render unto herThe exhaust, the cataract of … More
Upon my friend encountering his first raptor
Like any discerning peregrine Your handsome hooded friend bore well away from the black-holes of carrion-crows Your condor sailed not … More
Vampyra holler-hawks hand-jobs at the horse-race hoe-down
Vampyra holler-hawks handjobs Like them Pabst Blue Ribbon jerks To them underage Cracker Jack kids Still in hock to their hands Through … More