Cactus Flowers

roar & boom

o

moon rise
over the fire
the bullbat roar

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day’s up
down along the river here
nighthawks boom

o

unn

Memories

.
he thinks of
his dead wife's hands
another EKG

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slicing peaches
to preserve
summer vacation
.

3XTruck

Cactus Flower

August

the hot night
naked in bed tempted by
distant thunder

of Love

drifting

her silhouette with
each breath of wind
fragrant moonlight

barn 3

every morning

oblivious to
the tragedy she jogs through
a stain of blood

dawn

nearing dawn
a slow breeze cools
blood from the wreck

Aspen to Crested Butte

motorcycle

from this morning’s wreck
a stain of blood
the waning moon

desert

night streams past
this pool of light
a moonless desert highway

Dionysius the Younger

no horse hair
suspends the golden sword
a simple meal

dusk

summer's dusk
evening falls into
the rising tide

A Cool Respite

spirit animals

/ / / /

time/hope



fitting/contrary


always/never

what is self

the slow thickening

 of old panes

these years

Our History

The night of November 26, 1868, Black Kettle, a peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne having heard that Army cavalry were in the vicinity had decided to move his winter encampment closer to the other villages camped along the Washita valley in western Oklahoma. At dawn on the 27th, (the fourth Thursday in November) four battalions – about 700 soldiers – of the 7th U.S. Cavalry under the command of Lt. Col. George Custer attacked the snow bound village. The number of Cheyenne casualties reported ranges from the 300 later claimed by Custer to only 13 described by the Indian captives. Black Kettle and his wife Medicine Woman were killed. Numerous other women and children were killed and captured to use as human shields during Custer’s return to Fort Supply.

http://www.nps.gov/archive/waba/home.htm

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/W/WA037.html 

November winds still carry
the sound of battle
on the Washita

along the Washita
sand plums fruit where the children
and women died