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).
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