darkness
— A speaker stands alone in a thunderstorm, experiencing its fury through all senses, until sudden silence brings no relief from inner turmoil.
— A child traces the day from morning cheer through sunset to a dark night where drops fall outside and nothing returns.
— A woman sits alone in an automat, invisible to others, as her hair whispers conflicting advice and laughing people demand she smile.
— A woman falls through collapsing stairs, her body fragmenting into surreal objects—banjo, Picasso painting, brooms—while she prays not to be seen or painted.
— A concrete poem creates stars from periods across the page, ending with 'A memory of Joy' as the final constellation in a starless night.
— From a patch of grass, a solitary observer watches the summer solstice sunset transform into night, tracking each color shift until fireflies claim the darkness.
— A poem traces the cycle from evening through night to dawn, observing how moonlight and starlight transform the landscape before sunrise returns.
— Seven-year-old stuck on a water slide at Great Wolf Lodge faces her fear of darkness and devises a solution to get the raft moving again.
— A meditation on how the sun's dangerous beauty contrasts with the moon's honest imperfections, questioning what nature teaches us about perception and need.
— A child vows to keep a secret forever, measuring that promise against apocalyptic visions of environmental destruction and the end of the world.