Mitote

Vibrantly plumed, circle inscribed, feet pelting earth, a prayer given toward spears of light, that divide day from night, and earth from heaven. Bodies moving, summoning rain. Painted, jeweled, flowers in hand.…

Morse vs. Horse

Up since dawn a rider passes by men planting branchless trees to which a single strand of wire will be affixed. Thirty-five years earlier a painter misses his wife’s funeral. Envisioning a…