HERMIT PSALM

I keep thinking how if I were a hermit-monk I wouldn’t know a thing had changed not unless an angel … More

IN PRAISE OF HIDEOUSNESS

All praise the lepers, praise the boars praise mud and dust and filth, the flies, metal buildings with metal doors. … More

Reflections on the Woodshed Year

For so much of the year I was laid up with an inexplicable knee injury, followed by a cancer scare. I suffered choking anxiety and severe depression. It seemed like nothing was happening. Certainly nothing good.

DIA DE MUERTOS

The Dead now make their pilgrimage Back to their homes, back to our side. I hear their laughter on the … More

PRAYER AGAINST THE BINARY

god bless the man in platform boots god bless the woman in a tux what does man or woman mean … More

AUGUST LAMENTATION

Lord it’s hot. The words won’t come. It hasn’t rained in weeks, Lord. O Lord have you forgotten us?Down here … More

Fajr

I stand beside my window waiting for the call to prayer, waiting like a lover for a glimpse of the … More