Psalm 62
Psalm 62 In the fierce silence after the electrocardiogram Lion speaks first I don’t want your advice I don’t want your expertise I don’t want your experience I don’t want your help I want you I want the simple uncluttered…
Psalm 61
Psalm 61 ‘you must get lost quite often’ my mother comments matter-of-factly as we pass the tiny creek winding to the rear of the dementia ward… ‘yes, all the time’ i reply… it’s as if we’re rehearsing basics… day one,…
Psalm 60
Psalm 60 Can it be three months since You first came to this place? Three short months since i first walked these sacred hallways… i was so afraid… Your first-born, ever-responsible son Trying my best to protect you… Yet…
Psalm 59
Psalm 59 i cannot explain how you become icon to me… though i can say… i exclude nothing… i see your suffering… &… as son… bleed… i become a tender watcher along your way… press cigarettes & passionfruit ice-cream…
Psalm 58
Psalm 58 it’s amazing how far you travel in a blue recliner – you hold a baby to your heart & you’re gone – mind you there are places you don’t go – stress – strain – busy –…
Psalm 57
Psalm 57 (to Charlie) when i first saw you, you were in a blue pool – your mother held you like you were the star she’d followed all her life – i was drawn to the dark of your eyes…
Psalm 56
Psalm 56 There’s so much to keep from this poem So much that’s too soon to know So I turn to you & the slip & slop of goldfish Between your thighs As we navigate the piles of liquefaction On…
Psalm 55
Psalm 55 Enamoured by the flame of your red dress I sit under the rustling oak in Barrington Park– I’m trying hard to explain how I’ve done far too much Good in my life to ever do myself much good…
Psalm 54
Psalm 54 Hand in hand we wander the shores of Half Moon Bay I, trying hard not to correct the steps that I take wrong While you laugh & bubble along as if we are all that matter & sea…
Psalm 53
Psalm 53 You place your faith in the forge Time rises jagged about you What you face is lethal In the bellows & blaze you believe Drop to peppery solitude Till - Out of Africa she lopes Firm Fierce Final…