grey reeds grow taller now
on a dune spilling across
an abandoned landing strip. a wrecked
hangar clanking in a late fall wind
sounds like a bell to
come home, though there’s no home here.
if there are traces of
any planes at all they’re invisible,
except maybe for those two long tire marks
that curve out into sand from a
cracked runway, and those might be from a car,
some locals dragging here after sundown years ago.
do I miss departures and arrivals? hardly; I would settle for
settling here: make myself a shelter out of these ruins
and hunker down. it’s a dark world
outside these gates. you can’t really fly anywhere
these days that doesn’t smell like abandonment. instead,
I’ll sit down, build a fire, get comfortable with discomfort.
maybe, though,
I might dare to hope
to be spotted by
some last adventurer who’ll touch down lightly and let me board
as if nothing had changed here, as if we could still
go up expecting to come down to something we could recognize.
Dark Matter 
October 31st, 2004 at 8:15 am
I think it is indeed the common reed.
I changed the original from “sawgrass” specifically because sawgrass is not a dune grass.
October 31st, 2004 at 8:15 am
I think it is indeed the common reed.
I changed the original from “sawgrass” specifically because sawgrass is not a dune grass.
October 31st, 2004 at 8:15 am
I think it is indeed the common reed.
I changed the original from “sawgrass” specifically because sawgrass is not a dune grass.
October 31st, 2004 at 8:15 am
I think it is indeed the common reed.
I changed the original from “sawgrass” specifically because sawgrass is not a dune grass.
October 31st, 2004 at 8:15 am
I think it is indeed the common reed.
I changed the original from “sawgrass” specifically because sawgrass is not a dune grass.
October 31st, 2004 at 8:15 am
I think it is indeed the common reed.
I changed the original from “sawgrass” specifically because sawgrass is not a dune grass.
October 31st, 2004 at 8:15 am
I think it is indeed the common reed.
I changed the original from “sawgrass” specifically because sawgrass is not a dune grass.
October 31st, 2004 at 4:21 am
Tony, do you know the name of the silvery grass in bloom along the highways now? It’s about seven feet tall.
Also, I want to show you a poem called “The Terminal” from my Norton anthology I think you will enjoy.
Melissa
October 31st, 2004 at 4:21 am
Tony, do you know the name of the silvery grass in bloom along the highways now? It’s about seven feet tall.
Also, I want to show you a poem called “The Terminal” from my Norton anthology I think you will enjoy.
Melissa
October 31st, 2004 at 4:21 am
Tony, do you know the name of the silvery grass in bloom along the highways now? It’s about seven feet tall.
Also, I want to show you a poem called “The Terminal” from my Norton anthology I think you will enjoy.
Melissa
October 31st, 2004 at 4:21 am
Tony, do you know the name of the silvery grass in bloom along the highways now? It’s about seven feet tall.
Also, I want to show you a poem called “The Terminal” from my Norton anthology I think you will enjoy.
Melissa
October 31st, 2004 at 4:21 am
Tony, do you know the name of the silvery grass in bloom along the highways now? It’s about seven feet tall.
Also, I want to show you a poem called “The Terminal” from my Norton anthology I think you will enjoy.
Melissa
October 31st, 2004 at 4:21 am
Tony, do you know the name of the silvery grass in bloom along the highways now? It’s about seven feet tall.
Also, I want to show you a poem called “The Terminal” from my Norton anthology I think you will enjoy.
Melissa
October 31st, 2004 at 4:21 am
Tony, do you know the name of the silvery grass in bloom along the highways now? It’s about seven feet tall.
Also, I want to show you a poem called “The Terminal” from my Norton anthology I think you will enjoy.
Melissa
October 30th, 2004 at 9:56 am
Thanks, hon. Appreciate it.
October 30th, 2004 at 9:56 am
Thanks, hon. Appreciate it.
October 30th, 2004 at 9:56 am
Thanks, hon. Appreciate it.
October 30th, 2004 at 9:56 am
Thanks, hon. Appreciate it.
October 30th, 2004 at 9:56 am
Thanks, hon. Appreciate it.
October 30th, 2004 at 9:56 am
Thanks, hon. Appreciate it.
October 30th, 2004 at 9:56 am
Thanks, hon. Appreciate it.
October 30th, 2004 at 9:25 am
I love this poem. It may be my favorite of the ones you’ve posted on LJ.
I actually read it outloud to my roomate also and she also just said “wow” out loud. It was also great to read out loud. The sounds of the words themselves feel great rollin’ out.
Can’t wait to see you!
October 30th, 2004 at 9:25 am
I love this poem. It may be my favorite of the ones you’ve posted on LJ.
I actually read it outloud to my roomate also and she also just said “wow” out loud. It was also great to read out loud. The sounds of the words themselves feel great rollin’ out.
Can’t wait to see you!
October 30th, 2004 at 9:25 am
I love this poem. It may be my favorite of the ones you’ve posted on LJ.
I actually read it outloud to my roomate also and she also just said “wow” out loud. It was also great to read out loud. The sounds of the words themselves feel great rollin’ out.
Can’t wait to see you!
October 30th, 2004 at 9:25 am
I love this poem. It may be my favorite of the ones you’ve posted on LJ.
I actually read it outloud to my roomate also and she also just said “wow” out loud. It was also great to read out loud. The sounds of the words themselves feel great rollin’ out.
Can’t wait to see you!
October 30th, 2004 at 9:25 am
I love this poem. It may be my favorite of the ones you’ve posted on LJ.
I actually read it outloud to my roomate also and she also just said “wow” out loud. It was also great to read out loud. The sounds of the words themselves feel great rollin’ out.
Can’t wait to see you!
October 30th, 2004 at 9:25 am
I love this poem. It may be my favorite of the ones you’ve posted on LJ.
I actually read it outloud to my roomate also and she also just said “wow” out loud. It was also great to read out loud. The sounds of the words themselves feel great rollin’ out.
Can’t wait to see you!
October 30th, 2004 at 9:25 am
I love this poem. It may be my favorite of the ones you’ve posted on LJ.
I actually read it outloud to my roomate also and she also just said “wow” out loud. It was also great to read out loud. The sounds of the words themselves feel great rollin’ out.
Can’t wait to see you!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:05 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:05 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:05 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:05 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:05 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:05 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:05 pm
thanks!
October 29th, 2004 at 8:04 pm
I read it aloud to my roommate and her comment was “Wow!”
It was a real pleasure to read aloud, too.
I like the “gun” poem too.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:04 pm
I read it aloud to my roommate and her comment was “Wow!”
It was a real pleasure to read aloud, too.
I like the “gun” poem too.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:04 pm
I read it aloud to my roommate and her comment was “Wow!”
It was a real pleasure to read aloud, too.
I like the “gun” poem too.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:04 pm
I read it aloud to my roommate and her comment was “Wow!”
It was a real pleasure to read aloud, too.
I like the “gun” poem too.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:04 pm
I read it aloud to my roommate and her comment was “Wow!”
It was a real pleasure to read aloud, too.
I like the “gun” poem too.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:04 pm
I read it aloud to my roommate and her comment was “Wow!”
It was a real pleasure to read aloud, too.
I like the “gun” poem too.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:04 pm
I read it aloud to my roommate and her comment was “Wow!”
It was a real pleasure to read aloud, too.
I like the “gun” poem too.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:01 pm
y’know, I wasn’t expecting the hope, but there it was. and I find that hopeful, dammit.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:01 pm
y’know, I wasn’t expecting the hope, but there it was. and I find that hopeful, dammit.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:01 pm
y’know, I wasn’t expecting the hope, but there it was. and I find that hopeful, dammit.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:01 pm
y’know, I wasn’t expecting the hope, but there it was. and I find that hopeful, dammit.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:01 pm
y’know, I wasn’t expecting the hope, but there it was. and I find that hopeful, dammit.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:01 pm
y’know, I wasn’t expecting the hope, but there it was. and I find that hopeful, dammit.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:01 pm
y’know, I wasn’t expecting the hope, but there it was. and I find that hopeful, dammit.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:00 pm
nicely done. I really like the feeling of finality — and a sort of unwilling hope.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:00 pm
nicely done. I really like the feeling of finality — and a sort of unwilling hope.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:00 pm
nicely done. I really like the feeling of finality — and a sort of unwilling hope.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:00 pm
nicely done. I really like the feeling of finality — and a sort of unwilling hope.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:00 pm
nicely done. I really like the feeling of finality — and a sort of unwilling hope.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:00 pm
nicely done. I really like the feeling of finality — and a sort of unwilling hope.
October 29th, 2004 at 8:00 pm
nicely done. I really like the feeling of finality — and a sort of unwilling hope.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:57 pm
Thanks. Another one in the “write it in the post box of LJ” series. I never know how they’re gonna come out.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:57 pm
Thanks. Another one in the “write it in the post box of LJ” series. I never know how they’re gonna come out.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:57 pm
Thanks. Another one in the “write it in the post box of LJ” series. I never know how they’re gonna come out.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:57 pm
Thanks. Another one in the “write it in the post box of LJ” series. I never know how they’re gonna come out.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:57 pm
Thanks. Another one in the “write it in the post box of LJ” series. I never know how they’re gonna come out.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:57 pm
Thanks. Another one in the “write it in the post box of LJ” series. I never know how they’re gonna come out.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:57 pm
Thanks. Another one in the “write it in the post box of LJ” series. I never know how they’re gonna come out.
October 29th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
Good poem!
October 29th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
Good poem!
October 29th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
Good poem!
October 29th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
Good poem!
October 29th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
Good poem!
October 29th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
Good poem!
October 29th, 2004 at 7:55 pm
Good poem!