Poetry

YEAR of The white tiger

A collaborative poetry collection co-written by Timothy and Regina Gort, (Two Timbers Press, 2016).

This is a rare collection, deep in emotion, rich with imagery, both wild and domestic, and magnificently textured with voice. – Z.G. Tomaszewski, poet and author of All Things Dusk, an International Poetry Prize winner selected by Li-Young Lee (Hong Kong University, 2015).

Year of the White Tiger, Timothy Gort,  Regina Gort, Poetry Collection, Author Gort

POETRY IS A HOUSE

For William Stafford (One Home)

Ours is a North Coast home – a house we share.

Sandstone shoes walk the thoughts that make our creed.

We dance to made-up songs;

the floor is our table.

 

The hand-made jam labels

we paste on mason jars

mark dates we store in cupboards –

outside, the Indian paintbrushes

and pine grosbeaks in the morning.

 

A mother black bear lunged at us

in a September dusk while we

were creek-water sneaking before

our children pulled a blanket

of Northern Lights overhead.

 

To anyone who looks at us

we say “Come in”;

liking the ax handle of invitation,

we could say “Welcome.”

(But sandstone shoes walk the thoughts that make our creed.)

 

The sunrise over Superior

is the tooth of a saw.

Circling our arms we swim

against the north winds.

 

(North Dakota Quarterly, 2014)

Selected Poems

How to Start a Fire in the Rain | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Lake Trout

Maiden Voyage MQT Poets: 2017