Attempted Poetry | Room for God & Others

The Borders of Belonging

A damaged classical statue set apart from unbroken statues in soft light.

There once was a girl from Tallahassee

A poised young woman on a sunny Southern porch with a fan and thorned rose branch.

The Wounded Statue

A damaged classical statue set apart from unbroken statues in soft light.

The Pool

A smooth warm stone submerged under rippling pool water.

Something

A glowing small object surrounded by dark empty space and chalk-like shapes.

Sloppity Sue

A riverside dock with a giant sticky pot, oar, shoes, and a round blob of goo.

Siren and Cephalopod

A dark-haired figure in white stands on a stormy shore beside draped cloth and a skull.

Sheri

A worn cloth doll opening into a luminous forest home.

Online Dating, Wholly in Haiku

Let Us Be Shallow Together

Two people in bright pajamas laughing by touching kayaks and rising bubbles.

Joseph, Brave and Extraneous

Joseph carving a wooden rattle by lamplight while Mary rests with the infant Jesus.

Inward Bound

A circular woodland path with an empty center and walnuts gathered nearby.

Hair grows

A whimsical still life of harmless hair tufts on a curiosity table.

For Mandi, Who Loves Tennis

A luminous hospital room where a woman strings a tennis racquet beside an empty bed.

Emily Blue

A Loch Ness-like creature surfacing in a misty Scottish lake.

Commander Helmut von Fred

A solemn commander wearing a metal colander as a helmet.

Cable Monopoly Haiku

A quiet living room with a cable router, coiled cables, and an empty waiting chair.

Archimedes’ Breakfast

An Archimedes-like figure studying floating cereal beside a bath.

Anxiety grins

A kneeling figure praying beside a shadow that almost forms a toothless grin.

After Reading Dostoevsky

Two shadowed figures at a table in a dim room, one confessing with open hands.