Author: subtextures

I am a poet and a teacher living in central Texas. I attended The University of Texas at Austin, and Middlebury College's Breadloaf School of English.
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The Clinging, Fire

from “Renditions of Change,” a work in progress


He holds to the shape

of his world, safe 

as a cow’s contentment.

He darkens the light

he reads by, then forms

opinions like fire

softly licking the air

into smoke. As each

day becomes another,

he accepts the work

before him, unconcerned

of what comes after.

(March 12, 2019)

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Preponderance of the Great


from “Renditions of Change,” a work in progress

I worry too much,

or not enough,

yet do nothing.

Here at home

cats curl

in our laps;

when friends visit,

the table’s full,

laughter and wine

flow unabated.

Far away

along the edges,

below the ice,

cracks appear;

and, the ground shifts

beneath us.

(March 7, 2019)