Poems Talking to Grief Created 27 August 2026 / Updated 27 August 2026 by adamf Ah, Grief, I should not treat youlike a homeless dogwho comes to the back doorfor a crust, for a meatless bone.I should trust you. I should coax youinto the house and give youyour own corner,a worn mat to lie on,your own water dish. You think I don’t know you’ve been livingunder my porch.You long for […] Read more »
Poems Uncategorized Kindness Created 23 September 2017 / Updated 1 September 2025 by adamf Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be between the regions of kindness. How […] Read more »
Poems Uncategorized Last Night As I Was Sleeping Created 3 September 2017 / Updated 1 September 2025 by adamf Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a new life that I have never drunk? Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that I had a beehive […] Read more »
Poems Transformation Love Dogs Created 19 August 2017 / Updated 1 September 2025 by adamf One night a man was crying, “Allah, Allah!” His lips grew sweet with the praising, until a cynic said, “So! I have heard you calling out, but have you ever gotten any response?” The man had no answer for that. He quit praying and fell into a confused sleep. He dreamed he saw Khidr, the […] Read more »