Prose Mallow

Little Brown Pools

I prayed for rain last night.

Jul 5

5

2

April 2026

Wildfires to the South

On northwest winds—and the scent will find your nose like nothing else.

Apr 26

5

3

January 2026

[morning playlist]

7 A.M.'s dressed in midnight's clothes.

Jan 3

8

November 2025

[twenty-one days]

It’s been twenty-one days since our run-in with those daylight thieves.

Nov 23, 2025

3

1

[daylight, taken]

I’m late to writing today but at least am writing again.

Nov 2, 2025

3

1

October 2025

[rehearsals]

A number of eastern phoebes chase each other across the yard, over the hedges, back and back again.

Oct 5, 2025

5

2

September 2025

[continent]

Letting the dog out back for her morning run.

Sep 28, 2025

5

[harpoon]

There are two large spiderwebs outside my door.

Sep 23, 2025

5

July 2025

[agglomera]

Humidity.

Jul 30, 2025

12

1

2

March 2025

[a southern somewhere before the equinox]

5:41 A.M.:—morning, a southern somewhere;

Mar 19, 2025

6

1

[arrhythmia]

I’ve been here and there. Mostly here.

Mar 10, 2025

12

3

2

February 2025

[itineraries]

Two mornings back, you and I got married in the middle of a storm.

Feb 2, 2025

11

4