LR Young : Writing

Equinox (Night of the Hunter)

Equinox (Night of the Hunter)

A Poem by LR Young


One branch of the maple has turned; here I was looking out the window, washing my hair, wondering if that pale merely maybe chartreuse leafing..
Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

A Poem by LR Young


I feel the tug of old habits, coarseness and jealousies, stories and testing-outs, to feel out the boundaries of my currentspace, how far can ..
How Bones Knit

How Bones Knit

A Poem by LR Young


for this useful body I am grateful, for my joy and my solitude, my laughter, the torrents of music and bells, peals of good fortune or silence a..
When the illumination is Vested

When the illumination is Vested

A Poem by LR Young


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Stone Fruit

Stone Fruit

A Poem by LR Young


I have a knife for bread, for grass golden butter for sheep and their whey, to drink in, to wrap up in wool solar systems like an image, a cerebr..
On Zephyr #5

On Zephyr #5

A Poem by LR Young


I couldn't afford the sleeper so curled up, like foxes or sheep, the Latin hunter in wool, I lied across two train tracks too dreamy from rocki..
Her Secret is Patience

Her Secret is Patience

A Poem by LR Young


I can't convince myself that I do not feel, that the winds and the granite, willows, marmot tracks, or the sparrow do not alight in my breath..
Birds at the Door

Birds at the Door

A Poem by LR Young


The blackbirds and crows line up in murders, on the telephone wires, suspended over pastures and prairies; how the storms rise up from our lips ..
Cassandra

Cassandra

A Poem by LR Young


There is no more shape to you than there is reason, a burst of light, in the pit of it, like when the almond first takes root, the shooting up ..
Goodrick Lane

Goodrick Lane

A Poem by LR Young


I realize how wrong it truly was to stand in the other direction, to shirk your protection and your glow. The basking gaze of your hottest color, ..