Every Broken Thing

Burned

The Poetry Of Lance McKnight

Early Morning Revelations


In my night riding I climb
to where three trees once
stood. The wind blows the
branches of the highest one.

He motions me to forget
the dawn and remember the one whose water made the wood
rust a deep red. My cab


driver stops at all green
lights. His meter runs
time. Time.
We were robbed at midnight.
I can ride no more.
The thief was a friend.






Buffalo Mountain

Mountain snow when the stream has dried. Crystals hold all
that has died.

In the Spring a sweet white wine, decanted
by the sun.

Le Son

                                Le son. Nous ne sommes pas
                                le mots, mais expressions
                                lesquelles trahissent meme notre langue.