Three Poems by Steve Lang
As, scrabbling tragically he slides / Into breathless air, so thin, to land / With an unechoed thud, instant husk,
As, scrabbling tragically he slides / Into breathless air, so thin, to land / With an unechoed thud, instant husk,
The extreme cold and the snow on the highway nearly killed us, but we were lucky to see beautiful things that many people have never seen.
Everyone was hungry. Everyone / pulled their arms and legs tight against / themselves, feeble cocoons.
What can I offer this strange creature whose / slowed heartbeat is the opposite of mine?
I love the ambiguity of unravel - it can represent destruction, just as it can represent cleansing. It can speak to the unrelenting forces beyond our control, or the simple, deliberate act of undoing.
On the shoreline, there is a constant battle for sovereignty. These images explore the effects of Hurricane Sandy and reconstruction efforts within the landscape over time.
The moon was an achievement for all of us. It was also a dimly lit, grey place, where revelry was what we made of it.
Belongings dispersed and distributed / Are treasures in some other troves
Lately, the coffee has been strong, the friends / plentiful as maple keys spinning on the breeze
One hour a day I trade / an urban jungle for a garden / bed where compost soil rests