Walking Poems
*
hands dirtied w/ said work
earth
(-ward) held branches
same forgotten
names/sound
of held hands behind one
what distance can/do wearied legs make?
many
breathe varied sighs
slow
mouth
soft mouth
sighs
an offering
hammered shouldered hold
of the day's work
work held days
*
embodied of waiting
windows
wintered lake changes
wintered windowed lake
changes with distance
to
from
sides
in/out
one/another
distant
steps unpack voice
to
from
*
this sound shadowed
voice trying
sound
shadowed sound trying voice
shadowed voice
hearsay
distanced
(weathered)
tired trying
days upon one
upon days
hands of want/work wear tired wrists
*
shade
heavy shade
grass
won't
year round
rooted wanting
page after page of places
the old house
stays
here of noises
all noise now
wintered hand to the knob
tractored sound
blades down
deck hover
echoed over lawn
and over
avoided that way
avoided
steps over
mordent steps
sometimes avoided
a limping engine
distant
modified movement modified
on old/wronged knee
on won't
the old/right way
favoring wrecks
the right eventually
*
leaf dust crumbled
crumbled leaf
dust
crushed
beneath goings
peopled goings
winding
wind dried
dry wind died down
died out
*
nod at
and over
over
and (won't/will)
want
words
wants
prosed over
ice(d) sheet
over
buries
but breaking
breaks
open
cracks
a track
open
mouth