LARGO

Early in October on the Merritt Parkway. I left Mystic just a short time ago. The sun is lowering in the west and I drive nearly directly into it. I am going to California to visit people I haven’t seen in years and meet my granddaughters for the first time. Early October of 2012 and … More LARGO

Orchid

ORCHID I feel sensual while regarding orchids, I want to taste the bud, I want to breathe the air close to the petals, I want to hear waves washing ashore in Carlsbad late at night, When the grunion are running and I am lying atop you. G. M. Goodwin 17 January 2014

Death of Love

The sweetest flesh Falls to earth, The crows of distrust tear at the Corpse, Spilling sweet scented petals, The bones of a fairy-tale dream lie Scattered and bleached under the glare of Real. Women, mothers and sisters, weep for the dead, In truth, for themselves, Men, with no clue, watch in solemn ignorance incapable of … More Death of Love