Author Archives: Ken Greenman

Rough hands and strong backs that built these stone walls are gone. Flesh is dust. Walls which edged corn fields, kept woods at bay, lay broken, half unstitched stitches through trees, long rock scars, woven through second growth. Old farm’s … Continue reading →

One late October golden day, red, bronze, yellow leaves shift beneath my feet, I walk the fense to clean bird houses hooked to posts, tree limbs, take out old nests, rid mites, mud, pests. I lowered the bottom of a … Continue reading →

my calico cat cuddled in the corner of the couch, her purring growing stronger with my stroking. Is the glee in the gleam in the eye of the killer the same as the glee in the gleam in the eye … Continue reading →

I killed Bambi last night. The little guy pranced his head into the grill of my VW bug. It was quick. His mother probably watching. Mother definitely was. Nothing I could do: too sudden, other cars, the ditch… Nothing I … Continue reading →

Nature, by nature is subtle. She doesn’t invade, She includes. Sure, She’s a big lady, bust size in the thousands… such emotions! Her snits so savage: hurricane here, earthquake there, volcanos everywhere… but Her pervasive, true self is slow, deliberate. … Continue reading →

Nature knocked me out today with a quick jab and a long roundhouse punch I couldn’t duck. Sitting, this mindless summer morning, staring out this window, when a rabbit stretched across the yard, past cosmos, sunflowers, glads… then, five, maybe … Continue reading →

Morning bird songs don’t hail the sun, they mourn passing night. terror’s revealed in new light rigor’s required for living the day. spear the worm quick! fear the hawk! hide! Mornings bird songs: “Oh! Oh! for the songless darkness passed … Continue reading →

The mourning dove is wise to see the morning world and sing his one note: “Ohh! Ohh! Ohh!”

The owl’s swiveling head sees soul’s departing and is not wise, but frightened, calling “Who? Who? Who?”

Who can not love the chickadee who’s always as happy as he can be…be…be…