Works of Art

Read a book while
hours 
slip by.
Traverse countries with adventure.
Experience a love more tender
than prose.
In the long run,
I adore these
works of art in life.

Abstract the Essence

Perhaps the purest
substance of human light
is concentrated
in art itself.
Abstract the essence of
every book.

Art Suggests

Art suggests a fragility
that it is too vulnerable
in the world.
But it is precisely that
backhanded compliment
to explain wonder
in the unassuming mundane.

This Book

This book
serves as my epigraph,
a work of art
turning other people's
creative fictions
into poems that explore
life experiences.