Tagged: skirt

all at once present

all at once present
and not present ride up like
the hem of a skirt

against hosiery, easier
to manage when out of mind
.
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we are an hour’s

we are an hour’s
ride away from the ocean.
there’s a gathering-

up-of-skirt feeling as i
write this, ready to take the plunge
.
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sometimes Spring

sometimes Spring
arrives, already
heavy
, heart
caught on the
stormy rhythm
of a skirt
loose in the wind
.
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knee-deep in

knee-deep in
winter, you can
catch Spring winking,
barefoot, skirt never quite
still, hair knotted, a tendril
loose against all that grey
.
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bags of groceries, a knot

bags of groceries, a knot
of loose ends, a skirt full
of figs – they are all
the same when
it comes to arriving
home and letting go
.
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the sky, about to