Hammer Through Daisies
Death is too abstract a term; nebulous and murky, accreting all life to itself
with an omnipotent gravity. Poets have a knack for hearing terms we can touch.
For example:
The maggot no
Seth Wieck
Seth Wieck grew up on a dryland farm in a region that receives less than 20 inches of rain per year. His father counseled him to leave agriculture, so he earned his B.A. in English and philosophy from
His Tomb is with us to This Day
My nephew Jude was stillborn. The diagnosis came early in the pregnancy: an
extra chromosome written into the genetic language would lead to, among other
maladies, a terminal heart condition. A period on
Little Girl Found
My cousin is a local news anchor, and many family meals have been spent in the
thrall of his stories. A few years ago in a neighboring town, booming as a safe
alternative
An Horologist Returns to Work after His Wife’s Diagnosis
Here hear the clock: the tick the tock the tick
The swing of pendule swung by gear-dinked chimes,
Or quartz hum the pulse that clicked the quick
Escape of the wheel to regulate