Cold Campus Commute
The connector bus sways On each turn and pass, As students await in cold, Near snow, behind glass.
View ArticleThe Traffic Moves Without You
On a bridge In broad daylight, Somewhere in Minneapolis— Between something is the metaphor… Below light rail trains and buses pass, The sun is out, yet it is cold. Alas, we have mirages in Minnesota...
View ArticleGrey Sky Day
Overcast clouds open to A downfall of frozen crystals; Which sparkle broken on the ground, Under foot. A straight wind carries me off – strong, To far, to present, to past; Grey sky day Take me away....
View ArticleView from a Minneapolis Coffeehouse (human zoo)
1 Sitting an hour between classes seemed as days elapsed, at a Washington Avenue coffeehouse table, where tall transparent windows beamed reflective light, beaconing inquisition: “just look outside”. 2...
View ArticleGrain Belt Sign
Looking over the tanned Hennepin Avenue Bridge where a shaded Grain Belt sign still won’t shine. Here too, Nicollet Island looms in an aromatic Spring night, shadowed by new and ancient high-rises,...
View ArticleThe places we’ve seen (have seen us)
Motion reflected between where you are and where you will be; Void for a shadow where you were, ever lying in wait to reconvene.
View ArticleRiverside for the Fourth
How interesting that fireworks now bring us together when they represent devices that once tore us apart. -Terry Scott Niebeling *** here, 10pm, crowds on spread tarps and chairs, thoughtfully placed...
View ArticleAmenities
Life out of Stanley Life out of truck Life out of city Life with sandwich lunch Life out of control Life stuck inside Life without aversions Life between lines And then, Life out of time.
View ArticleLast Night Allegory (Smoke Rising Over The Hennepin Avenue Bridge)
One time bold people walked cold paths under hollow skies. Last night was nice, even with the weather.
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