Shorthorns (Christianne Balk Poems)
Heavy-hocked, barrel-bellied,exhaling billows of steam, they waitwhile the corn, wheat, clover,and potato fields surround us, finishedfor the season. We listened ...
Christianne Balk Poems (5 Poems)
Departure (Christianne Balk Poems)
Thousands of tinyfists tamping the surface of the lakeflowing like a wideriver gone crazy, southeast, westnorthletting the wind pushit around ...
Lauds for St. Germaine Cousin (1579-1601) (Christianne Balk Poems)
Blessed is the One who lifts the slow sunabove this morning's raw orange edge,who moves the ewe to nudge her ...
The Kitchen Shears Speak (Christianne Balk Poems)
This division must end.Again I'm forced to amputatethe chicken's limb; slit the joint,clip the heart, snip wing from back,strip fat ...
Birds, Converging (Christianne Balk Poems)
Sun salved, we sit on the front porch, carefulwhen we speak, watching the crows swagger nearthe property line, dabbing - ...