north carolina

road pastor's sermon -
locusts, moses, commandments -
rocky mount exit
(5-10)






what would buddha do
sticker stuck on duck beach van -
drifter peels it off
(5-10)






'bout back to lejeune,
after short leave over fourth,
but stopped for a drink
(10-08)






fly through hole in screen -
have post boxes here in Kyle?
"fahn thank you how're you?"
(8-05)





outside wilmington
girl explains to soldier, ways
of venus flytrap
(3-10)






rain pounds outer banks,
vacation becomes card game-
motel, belowdecks...
(7-05)





rolls a cigarette,
inhales humid blue feeling
of winston-salem
(5-10)






o'coker's brogue - she'll
tell tourists about blackbeard
n'hoi toide all summer
(5-10)






tourists 'v'all cleared out,
got this choppy sound t'ourselves -
okracoke ferry
(5-10)

rain pounds th’outer banks –

winter ‘f impassable roads,

he’ll drink himself t’death

(1-15)

cape fear beachcomber -
knows where and when each ship sank,
many winters back
(5-10)






light snow dusts raleigh,
traffic slows to fearful crawl -
now hear my footsteps
(5-10)






"should stop trav'ling," she
says, "'n' settle down along th'shore..."
lent'n rains pound nag's head
(5-10)






waiting in franklin
march snow, a-t hikers pounce
on diner placemats
(1-07)




cold spring rain and fog
hide smokies from clingman's dome -
a hazy kingdom
(1-07)




gentle wind on beach,
uplifting sense of hist'ry -
kitty hawk in spring
(5-10)

charlotte waitress, spring

rains - if she'd meant th'four hikers,

she'd've said 'all of y'all'

(12-14) 

creative spirit –

strength and renewal, may breeze,

lejeune welcome signs

(1-15)

came back down t'raleigh,
brought her a fresh bouquet of
her neighbor's dogwoods
(12-13)