Elvins ArtilesOct 303 min readA Day Oh BoyHeading for JFK I’ve to head off let it roll the shuttles won’t run late yet to eat dinner & I have work to make a bed for, cold iron...
Elvins ArtilesOct 161 min readDavid’s JonathonHe pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away. When it was all over, slower we walked—until the day gave up on us,...
Elvins ArtilesAug 281 min readHaikus Before the Charles— building lights drift from your eyes: faces are all dark. She wants me to look at her. I peel the sun: a cat laps up...
Elvins ArtilesJul 191 min readEasy Leaving TimesYou lie under hawthorn berries, watch them falling and rolling by. Watch the way flower stems slouch with each passing hour: (brittle...
Elvins ArtilesJul 45 min readOn the Myth of Forgiveness“Legend” by Jorge Luis Borges Translated by Andrew Hurley Cain and Abel came upon each other after Abel’s death. They were walking...
Elvins ArtilesApr 111 min readApril 8thIn the supermarket parking lot, the pigeons now caught in the renewed yellow--- look like doves to me. The eclipse has passed and earth...
Elvins ArtilesFeb 283 min readIn Michigan LastSomewhere in Michigan, behind a dental office (I think), there’s a poetry walk. It’s called Oaken Walk. My favorite piece there was...