The Room

The Room

by | Nov 24, 2018 | Poems, Poetry

The Room The room is a body and the body a room. And a name is a place, a word a home. I open the door and the room opens. Small animals push through the brush beside a creek at night. Their songs send thin ropes out toward the stars. Darkness slants in through the...

Thankful

by | Nov 21, 2018 | Songs

Thankful i’m thankful i was lonely ‘cause it taught me how to love thankful i was hungry to learn what was enough i’m thankful that sometimes i suffered defeat ‘cause it taught me how to get back on my feet i’m thankful for the fear that made me want to live thankful...

Higher Ground

by | Nov 17, 2018 | Songs, Sunset Blues

Higher Ground (Ken Zimmerman 2017) I don’t know what I’m gonna do about you do about you tomorrow I don’t know what I’m gonna do about you I know it’s gonna bring me sorrow but every time that sun goes down I find myself back in your home town and every time I turn...