From this side of truth

From this side of truth

From this side of truth
Lies fall twisted at the gate

Sermon

Sermon

I thought at first it was a play, and wondered who would enjoy such stasis and pretension.

Walls

Walls

My legs shake as I climb the 100th step, scan the green-toothed horizon, see grey clouds snake through the unploughed hills of Inner Mongolia.

Let it dance with you

Let it dance with you

A poem that depicts the beauty and the power of the present moment.

A Granddaughter Asks What Makes a Poem

A Granddaughter Asks What Makes a Poem

My poems are like an old man in the park doing slow motion calisthenics.

i did

i did

A meditation on anxiety.

Bastard

Bastard

Two girls took another girl to the woods

A kitchen with no cabinet doors

A kitchen with no cabinet doors

A poem about aging, about feeling that your friends are leaving you behind. An insecure one.

Lost At Sea

Lost At Sea

A poem about someone struggling with depression and can’t find the way out.

Fixation

Fixation

We all know a rut for what it is. It’s easy to be compulsive when depressed.

House Arrest

House Arrest

The Past seemed as real or more than whatever thin present showed its face.

A State

A State

The intersection of politics, commerce, and the American landscape.

Inside Our Skin

Inside Our Skin

A Transformative poem that inspires thought about what freedom means.

Radiation

Radiation

A poem on radiation treatments

this summer

this summer

Covid Summer

Living amid Covid-19

Living amid Covid-19

Living our time with a pandemic.

Suicide

Suicide

That angry leap from the overpass