hanford zdeb : Writing

vast wealth of stillness

vast wealth of stillness

A Poem by hanford zdeb


i imagine the wren and the song sparrow exchanging lyric for our amusement. practicing for hours to get it perfect, knowing ..
mathematically in love

mathematically in love

A Poem by hanford zdeb


i drive as storms build fractally above the prairie. on the radio i hear that mathematicians are calculating order o..
the fool

the fool

A Poem by hanford zdeb


a small gravel road i remember, goes back into the hills stark under a southwestern sun, watery visions of deep thirst ..
oh, little sister

oh, little sister

A Poem by hanford zdeb


oh little sister, i would sing, if i had a voice loud enough, of your beauty, little crooked sister river, and wash my ..
when winter breaks and trees become aware

when winter breaks and trees become aware

A Poem by hanford zdeb


when winter breaks and trees become aware when a fine film of green settles on distant hill. when the once stark and gray outli..
crucifix gestures

crucifix gestures

A Poem by hanford zdeb


when hills are flat, when rivers in perfect health freed of sediment, mingle with the groom, when the full circle of moon t..
loomis street

loomis street

A Poem by hanford zdeb


give me a start a plan and a dollars worth of courage and we can go back to loomis street. i'll watch you break your arm..
your hands on them

your hands on them

A Poem by hanford zdeb


i wait for the full sunwhile you sleep.i wait with excitement as light fills the spacearound meand slowly reveals your thingsin ..
the pelicans' te deum

the pelicans' te deum

A Poem by hanford zdeb


here in a straight veined accumulator of waters, birthed by several unnamed creeks and springs, channeled and drie..
ahkmatova

ahkmatova

A Poem by hanford zdeb


at the end of a forested walk anna came to the space between the hedges among the wooded paths of mourning, to rest forever..