- 1. The Price
Knee deep in the Watauga's
rock leaping whitewater,
my brother loses his balance,
his life if our father
...
- 2. The Ascent
Some thought she had slipped, the plank
glazed slick with ice, or maybe
already cold beyond care,
drowsy and weary, bare feet
...
- 3. Last Service
Though cranes and bulldozers came,
yanked free marble and creek stones
like loose teeth, and then shovels
unearthed coffins and Christ's
...
- 4. Fall Creek
As though shedding an old skin,
Fall Creek slips free from fall's weight,
clots of leaves blackening snags,
back of pool where years ago
...
