Author Archives: janishaag

which is what I hope we’ll havewhen I get to your place which is, I imagine, no placein particular, which is why I hope beyond all hopethat there’s still some you in that place of no placeand there’ll be some … Continue reading →

1. Yes, they have red on their wings, but they are not red-winged blackbirds. 2. Only breeding males look this glossy, this fancy, all spiffed up for the ladies. 3. They may sing in the dead of night, but they … Continue reading →

••• (the 18-foot-tall troll of Bainbridge Island) ••• (for Terri Wolf) She’s a storyteller, Pia,sitting in a forest glenon an island wheresomeone I lovedonce lived. My best friend,writer/storyteller,would admire curly-haired Pia sittingserenely amidthe trees, a sweet smile on herface, her … Continue reading →

No matter how far you rome,there’s no place like pome And though I can’t rhyme for spit,I try to find a way to work in: —foam—loam—chrome—Jerome even—Styrofoam And then I can’t stop: —climbing the dome—fingering the comb—meditating with om—writing this … Continue reading →

the date approachesthough it hasn’t announced itselfyet and with every sunrise you thinkyou haven’t done enoughlearned enough loved enoughyou haven’t fully embracedthe complexity the richnesswrapped up in this brevityof a lifetime and you have questionswhether by happenstanceor inspiration that are … Continue reading →

I sit in the hot tub—marinating as healing—eyes lifted skyward watching greatnimbostratus nudgedalong by gusts unseen— who can see the wind?— and along she comesmottled gray as angelssometimes are arms outstretchedumbilically tiedto a trailing cloud tugged alongin her wakeI follow … Continue reading →

It is all very well to survive the abundant months of the spring and summer, but in winter, we witness the full glory of nature’s flourishing in lean times. —Katherine May, from “Wintering” ••• And so I winter, here in … Continue reading →

(for Terri Wolf, fabric artist extraordinaire) Issac Newton never envisioned a color wheellike this: yards of fabric folded into neat squares, lined up horizontally on seven shelves, slendervolumes of possibility nestled together in a full-spectrum rainbow—red, orange, yellow,green, blue, indigo, … Continue reading →

(for Al and Terri Wolf) Al’s bird feeders are diligently attendedby all manner of small-winged neighbors Isee from behind the glass. He has left all fivefull for the wee birds who flit like butterflies,land, peck and flee, making it hard … Continue reading →

(If you are oogied out by mention of bodily fluids, you might want to skip this one! I quite understand…) ••• Naturally, I employ Dr. Google’s expertise: Snot, or nasal mucus, is a helpful bodily product.Your nose and throat are … Continue reading →