Archive for May 2009

The Pear Bell

By Joshua Chalifour, 31 May 2009

The creek’s water stopped flowing
arcing to reach
outside its bed and up
against the pear tree,

An Impromptu Circus

By Joshua Chalifour, 3 May 2009

A triangle of trees were lassoed with tough ropes. Each trunk, encircled with a padded harness, held itself stoically to the ground. Two men bounced, wobbled, and periodically traversed the rope between trees with grace. One floppy, determined child tried. Outside the triangle of tightropes, a woman practiced spinning a large hoop in a series [...]