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Perspective (chapbook): Haibun and tanka prose poems with images. Black & White. Available on Amazon >> Resistance: A sharp critique of fascism in America (no holds barred). Topics include fascism,…
Please Deliver This to Heaven
a poem for the ear.so many faces to light upas yours, many times i’ve seen. first,rehearsal. read each verse aloudtinker to-and-fro with the wordsstumble here and there through the syllablestwist…
Headfirst
a field of grassin flames…the commercialfor aspirinpromises relief Cigarette burns in his shirt, the flaws of habit. Beard and hair unkempt, he doesn’t look in the mirror anymore. Empty pizza…
Tapestry
Sweet Rachelle, your first eager glance has lasted all these years. I sit with it now and wonder, what has become of you? I feel your inspiration well inside of…
Navigation
all the loves i've ever known—women and men—i loved you all . . . completely. you're the symphony of wind that carries me now to uncharted destinations, you propel me…
Switchboard
Not too long ago, we were connected by wires. The wires went to places. We had to be at those places if we wanted to spend time with other people…
Life in a Washing Machine
Wrapped around your finger, like a towel around an agitator. Lost my glasses in the dishwasher looking for you. The blow-dryer went out with a bang and now my hair…
Last Bucolic Moment
downwind from the cattle ranch, cooking hash on a campfire, smells like nuclear fallout, the time for mourning the cows—over and done—we milked the last one before slicing her throat…
One Last Glimpse of Daylight
Ronnie stepped off the bus and flew thirty feet, right before my eyes. By the time he landed, he was dead. Fifty years later, the events are still in slow motion in my…
Circular Reference
Somewhere inside his meandering mind, he finds a moment where he can set aside the complexities of life. Sitting at his desk, the walls fall away and he becomes that…
