Tagged: calendar
the first of august
the first of august
observed on the gregorian
calendar – your long
ago passing, my awaited
birth – two peas in different pods
.
20220801:2109
y
against all odds, we’ve
against all odds, we’ve
arrived at the end of a
twenty-one month year,
a brand new calendar for
our unreal realities
.
20211214:2322
y
on the lunar
(for grandpa)
on the lunar
calendar, we
are celebrating
our birthdays
today, just one
world away
from each
other,
which feels
like multitudes,
on and off
the system
for counting
so many days
apart
.
20160902:0902
y
there will come
there will come
a day when i
will no longer
think of
you – i have
marked it
on the calendar
.
20150210:1107
y
a paper toss
a paper toss
away from august –
or what is left
of it – i
steady myself
across two
calendars, against
the wall and
on my desk. if
it were not for
guests, i could
stay caught
between these two
pages, marking
off forever
between august
and september
.
20130905:2236
y
history has twisted
history has twisted
the Ides of March
like a Rubik’s Cube –
we all know the
resolution, so
we have stopped
reflecting on it
.
20130315:0847
y
across two calendars
across two calendars
the anniversary of his
death has begun, on the
fifth of january, in
this lunar new year
four-thousand-and-
eleven. there are
advantages to
measuring time
this way, but losing
someone twice
each year is
immeasurable
.
20130214:0844
y
the calendar marks
the calendar marks
the days i do not
phone, each
blank page a soft
pearl to be
polished for a
longing that can
dissolve with
the right amount
of time
and vinegar
.
20121211:1640
y
there is magic in
there is magic in
a leap year, whether
we receive an extra
day or month. there
is latitude and
longitude to stretch
out these lengthy,
ancillary memories.
there is allowance
to indulge, to
slip away to that
corner of our
brain that is not
averse to trying
something new,
just for today,
just this year
.
20120229:0834
y
there are a handful
there are a handful
of things about keeping
time that leaves
uncertainty –
springing forward,
falling back,
marking the
certainty
of your death
on two calendars.
if tonight’s moon
looks like the same
moon that took
you, give
us a sign that
time will move on
.
20120127:0814
y
y 