Jan 23, 2015 | Past Notes, Poetry
published in 2003, appeared in Seattle School of Theology and Ministry Review praying with one eye open. Ned Hayes (after Mark Strand) through dark windows, the clouds move like one thinks a bird might, old ghost caught by light, scattered feathers fractured...
Jan 22, 2015 | Past Notes, Poetry
my third published poem, appeared in Lost Creek Elegy, for Doug Dykstra. Ned Hayes (died October 1989, Alaska, age fourteen) Like woken beasts we staggered awkward through the snow You might have cried, the strain showing in your cheekbones and big eyes, when we...
Jan 21, 2015 | Past Notes, Poetry
my second published poem, appeared in Amelia Magazine Advice Ned Hayes (to a writer: remember, some old boats never sail.) rough ideas rest old leaves on the dock of a harmless sailing port. They sift into mulch where, sometimes, if fortunate, staggering after...
Jan 19, 2015 | Past Notes, Poetry
my first published poem, appeared in The Mid-American Review Transfiguration Ned Hayes White men’s bodies turn green under the billows of the sea I have been told so; when the young are dragged from the tide their lips have melted into a delicate slash of...
Nov 30, 2014 | On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
I’m sorry to report that the wonderful poet Mark Strand has died. In his honor, here is my favorite poem by him: The Continuous Life What of the neighborhood homes awash In a silver light, of children crouched in the bushes, Watching the grown-ups for signs of...
Jan 19, 2013 | On Writing, Past Notes, Poetry
Paradise Lost: A Contemporary Adaptation Ned Hayes Book I lines 1-75 Calling the Angel of Song Let’s agree to tell the truth, for once, about that first time: the deadly fruit They ate that night, the lethal lust that spreads still through the universe, An...
