RETURN TO THE SUMMER HOUSE Air before rain, air so sweet I weep my grandmother’s tears as I open  each window             of the             closed             house, remembering the scent of water in the air, and her hair down […]

  ON GULL ROCK               A heedless deity,         all-powerful and oblivious, the ocean grants sea-glass jewels to barefoot children,         but is not generous. It drowns sailors and steals their ships,         but is not malicious. It soothes broken […]