A contemporary poem about cabinet of quiet weight, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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Inside the cabinet: winter blankets, three unpaid letters, a cup without a handle. The shelves bow beneath what no one names. I open the door for air. Dust rises like a committee. By afternoon, the cabinet has given back one small thing I can carry.
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A nature & reflection poem about frame, letter, looking, where attention changes the scale of the ordinary.
A nature & reflection poem about field, light, boundary, where attention changes the scale of the ordinary.
The field is not withholding an answer; it simply has a life that does not require the speaker's interpretation.
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