Connecticut
mango, pocketknife,
church lawn - litchfield knows he's not
episcopalian
(1-14)
blue sea ‘t lighthouse point –
once again th’clouds have blocked th’sun,
‘n’ th’sand’s still cold to th’touch
(1-18)
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providence ‘n’ worcester –
likes t’jump th’trains north out ‘f groton,
‘n’ stay off th’crowded roads
(1-18)
camping in th’pachaug –
he welcomes th’rhododendron
from his southern days
(2-16)
steamy bridgeport morn –
short hitch t’ th’countryside, but first,
wake th’drunk in th’doorway
(2-17)
new haven fiddler –
loves th’city ‘n its outdoor life,
just outside its pull
(2-17)
grew up in groton –
summers she’d watch subs ‘n th’harbor,
‘n’ guess what they would think
(2-17)
windows down ‘n’ westbound –
through danbury ‘n’ they feel th’yoke
‘f containment, lifted
(11-17)
lonely stretch of eight -
locusts' shrill protest, that he'd
walk to western mass
(1-14)
cross th’line at union,
look forward t’driving ‘n’ camping,
th’little states b’hind them
(11-16)
through hartford westbound,
switch drivers without stopping,
th’old rodeo trick
(11-16)
bridgeport exit weeds –
‘n th’shadow of th’old mill, he sews
th’patches on his jeans
(5-15)
new canaan car wash
scrubs august earth off license,
constitution state!
(10-08)
hates th'insurance biz -
tavern on avon's main street,
lifts glass t'hopeless sox
(10-14)
tavern in avon –
trag’dy of comic proportions
when th’sox’re on th’telly
(9-17)
up seven through kent –
long day ‘f slow ‘n’ careful rides, but
he’ll find th’color line
(9-16)
leaves peak on th’merritt –
problem with working wall street,
take th’job home with you
(9-16)
kettletown, southbury –
th’ordered world can’t contain th’park’s
explosion ‘f color
(2-16)
th’cashier sells hope, at
th’meshantucket casino –
out here, th’leaves ‘re changing
(6-15)
th’deep blue ‘f shewville brook,
th’bright leaves – th’certain doom, she says,
something y’get used to
(6-15)
stonington exit –
bed ‘f leaves ‘n’ acorns seems better
than th’steady take ‘f th’game
(6-15)
truckbed of pumpkins –
old vet plans t’spend what he makes
‘t th’new haven bookstore
(10-15)
th’holy month, november –
through th’connecticut woodlands,
t’take th’stepvan t’ th’ashram
(11-16)
serves tea ‘n th’old step van,
th’bridge, in fact, colder than th’road –
he sees they’ve crossed th’thames
(4-17)
old mystic hiker,
pot of pine needle tea: first
frost melts with sunrise
(10-08)
tells ‘f old new england –
first frost on th’stone walls, th’two-lane
road t’cathedral pines
(6-16)
road t’cathedral pines –
th’autumn morning fog’s set in,
‘n’ he tries t’feel his feet
(9-17)
just past danbury,
sunrise through valley's wood smoke -
a voice says: don't leave
(5-13)
groton trucker's horn,
celebrating pats' vict'ry -
rest stop clarion
(10-08)
leaves turn peacefully
but wall street and its culture -
just down the merritt
(7-05)
halfway down th’merritt,
he pulls over – th’leaves ablaze,
wall street but a dream
(9-17)
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th’bright colors, now brown –
again, th’junction ‘t torrington,
‘n’ th’purest of motives
(2-18)
pequot gamer says
lot less snow up here these days -
lot more rusted cars
(2-10)
first snow, danbury –
th’town, so peaceful ‘n’ orderly,
but here’s th’westbound ramp
(9-17)
grew up in bridgeport –
great tight end but took some hits,
convicted ‘f murder
(9-17)
th’leaves’ve changed ‘n new haven –
th’tree on bishop, in th’pavement,
still gives him comfort
(1-18)
housatonic frost –
campfire against th’chill, burns th’times,
metro section first
(11-16)
light snow ‘n’ th’sounds ‘f th’ski lift –
works th’holidays ‘t powder ridge,
‘n’ always a bit down
(10-17)
hutch river to th’ryes –
getting one’s mind prepared
for the holidays
(5-15)
tiny town ‘f noank –
th’harbor, ‘n’ th’reflection ‘f hundreds
‘f illuminaria
(11-17)
up on th’hutch river,
th’bug stops in th’blizzard – it’s warm,
th’guy’s a bit too nice
(5-16)
ice storm hits th’city –
whole town sells insurance, ‘n he’s
back ‘n asylum hill
(10-17)
asylum hill cook –
th’feast is f’r watching th’rose parade
‘n’ for forgetting th’past
(6-15)
asylum hill feast –
long as there’s food ‘n’ it’s cooking,
they c’n go watch th’rose bowl
(11-16)
mistletoe ‘n th’doorway –
asylum hill visitor
walks into th’countdown
(4-18)
speeding ‘n january –
served seven years f’r extortion,
just filed f’r governor
(1-18)
signs for old mystic –
even in th’worst of ice storms,
feels he’s being watched
(2-17)
danbury blizzard
‘n th’silver mirrors – this trucker’s
heading f’r th’tappan zee
(10-16)
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road t’cathedral pines,
ice storm’s glazed th’stone walls – th’guy rails
‘bout homophobia
(10-17)
powder ridge ski lift
gears grind, heart heals painfully
eternal delays
(10-08)
tea served in step-van,
bridge freezes where ninety-five
crosses thames river
(10-08)
poet's glasses crack
'tween pack and icy road sign
at avon junction
(10-08)
housatonic woods
campfire crackles against chill
bitter march morning
(10-08)
choose to be patient,
sheep will move when weather breaks,
quaker hill back road
(10-08)
algonquin campfire
breakfast - the blackest coffee
to thaw the late freeze
(3-10)
u-conn hoops champ says
campus comes alive in march,
no town to speak of
(1-07)
from east philly t’storrs –
impatient with th’old stone walls,
‘n’ th’spring that takes so long
(2-17)
told ‘bout th’free church ‘f space –
but it’s pentecost, f’r th’litchfield
episcopalian
(10-16)
sandy hook parents –
spring ‘n th’housatonic valley,
‘n’ th’most profound ‘f sadness
(6-17)
kinds ‘f mountain laurel –
nipmuck, she says, has its own,
‘n’ then points out th’bullseye
(11-16)
shrewd eye ‘f th’nipmuck lass –
whole field of mountain laurel,
‘n’ she can find th’bullseye
e pluribus haiku
(9-17)
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