hugging mother’s urn
inner child steps
over sidewalk cracks
over sidewalk cracks
*
first grey hairs
he stands on his hands
before making love
he stands on his hands
before making love
*
pew pew
some homely holiness
aims at us
some homely holiness
aims at us
*
talking to a snake
we discover just skin
shed skin listening
we discover just skin
shed skin listening
*
big white moth
flies past the red light holds us
pinned to the moon
flies past the red light holds us
pinned to the moon
*
October cold
making a dead man’s wife’s children’s
pumpkin smile for them
making a dead man’s wife’s children’s
pumpkin smile for them
William Keckler‘s books include Sanskrit of the Body, which was selected by Mary Oliver for the (U.S.) National Poetry Series and published by Penguin. His visual art work was included in the group collection Four Photographers.