“In this quiet place on a quiet street where no one ever finds us gently, lovingly, freedom gives back our pain. --from poem In a Quiet Place on a Quiet Street” LovePoetrySpiritualityRelationshipsGriefPsychologySolititude Book:I Made My Boy Out of Poetry Source: I Made My Boy Out of Poetry
“The vibrations he felt in his sleep had nothing to do with his soul easing out of his body as he dreamily thought; they came solely from the weight and motion of the freight train rolling north to deliver fuel, furniture and other items having no relevance to Elijah’s life or his dreaming. On the metal rail his arm itched like a nose with a feeling that something bad was about to happen. In another life the sound of the train would have been reminiscent of certain songs by Muddy Waters or even Bruce Springsteen but not in this one. In this life the sound stabbed viciously against the night exactly like a human being demonstrating flawless disrespect for the life of another human being. --from short story ELIJAH’S SKIN” Short StoryMetaphysicalParablesShort FictionPhilosophical Inquiry Book:I Made My Boy Out of Poetry Source: I Made My Boy Out of Poetry