A strange catechism: poems

Molt.

After birth, a dream of weight.

After birth.

Resurrect.

Annunciation.

Ascension.

Aubade.

Shrive.

Barbed wire.

Weather.

The bells in her mouth.

Catechism.

Vigil.

Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

Gone.

Night.

Confirmation.

Absence.

Photograph.

Found.

Cherry tree.

Counting backward.

Route 41.

Pruning.

While I was sleeping.

A strange catechism.

Matins.

Crawl inside the trees to sleep.

Vesper.

Matins.

Sunrise.

Vesper.

Independence Day.

Matins.

Vesper.

Among the roots of an old tree.

Alter.

Vesper.

Communion.

Vesper.

Discharged.

Parking lot with starklings.

Gone quiet.

Creek at the sea's door.

Penance.