an experiment:
Off Main Street
Main Street is
dripping green leaves
the sun is apricot
we all just want to go home
again for the night
but this time it's Friday and
after dinner the card game
on the porch in the shadows
opposite JD's Market
the Side Pocket sign is outside
the Side Pocket is Open!
he knows all their stories
the first beer is fresh
and the pool balls clack
into each other
with something like
laughter
© 8/25/00
Amy Jackson
First Snow
snow came last night
and sanctified everything
wonderland
i know what's underneath
for now a world of grace
last night i bundled up and
walked with it falling on my
face, the most delicate
touch, intense and safe
Christmas lights strung outside
some houses, a couple decorating
a tree
lights, reflections
crystallized
causing the sky to glow
lavender above the
football game
echoes of the crowd, waves
peach, burgundy above quiet
dark houses, softening slowly
not night, then
alive
© 12/2000
Amy Jackson