Winter night, who needs the moon when fast-food signs backlight these barren trees?
Selected Poems
American Sentences
In Eastern Washington, we like our liquor and our weapons concealed.
American Sentences
Far off, a plane in the blue sky is smaller and whiter than a louse.
American Sentences
We compare scars: some no more than pebbles, others supple blades of grass.
American Sentences
As I weed the carrot bed, a spider crawls into my shirt and rests.
American Sentences
Across the street, a white truck and white SUV remind me of snow.
American Sentences
I hold my dog to the cracked window so she can listen to the rain.
American Sentences
The sky of my home is as much a stranger to me now as you are.
American Sentences
Third rain of fall: Water has left mud imprints of leaves on the sidewalk.
American Sentences
Here, a man might wake one morning to find his bull killed, its calf stolen.
Dana Henry Martin 