Six Pictures, Three Sentences

Sophie is a beautiful young woman, sitting in a wheelchair, the v of her clavicle (a bird flew through fireworks, later, the same v).


The moon was a circus peanut in a blue sky bag.

The sun went down, two men were in pink and so was the sky.

Out there in "qarrtsiluni"

I was inspired by this photo:

photo credit: Andy Duncan/CU Independent/Associated Press

to write a short prose poem, and it was accepted at the online literary journal qarrtsiluni. Today, it's posted there along with an mp3** of yours truly reading it. Here's the link:

When Bears Fall From Trees








**Thank you, Mike, for recording it for me. And I'm still going to garden naked one of these days and scare away any would-be buyers of your home.