RHOBERT
RHOBERT wears a house, like a monstrous diver’s helmet, on his head. His legs are…
KARINTHA
Her skin is like dusk on the eastern horizon, O cant you see it, O…
HER LIPS ARE COPPER WIRE
whisper of yellow globes gleaming on lamp-posts that sway like bootleg licker drinkers in the…
HARVEST SONG
I am a reaper whose muscles set at sundown. All my oats are cradled. But…
CALLING JESUS
HER soul is like a little thrust-tailed dog that follows her, whimpering. She is large…
The rooster and the pearl
A rooster was scratching around, looking for something to eat in the yard, when he…
The dog and the bone
One day, a dog was crossing a bridge, carrying a bone in its mouth. Looking…
THE MOTHER’S SECRET.
“MOTHER,” said a child, ten years of age, “I want to know the secret of…
THE LONG-TAILED MONKEYS,
OR “HELP ONE ANOTHER!” A PARTY of the long-tailed monkeys wanted to cross a narrow…
THE GOLDEN PENNIES.
A LITTLE boy who had plenty of pennies dropped one in the missionary box, laughing…