Firsthand
each budopens to its first day,a leafdancing with the sunlike a lover A soft spring sky hovers over the valley. The rain has come and gone. Without a care in…
Breakthrough
I see a light through the keyhole while fumbling with the keys to my imagination. The faint sliver penetrates the darkness just enough that I can tell it’s there. I…
Crossing Paths
no moon . . .I take a breathof silence I’m in the mountains of West Virginia dead-set to cross them before daybreak. Problem is, I need a ride and they…
marksmanship
a beegathering pollenflower to flowertouches the trigger hairsof a venus flytrap in the din of voices across the crowded room—in the sum of my consciousness—two smiles engage for the briefest…
Time Travel
hourglass sandslips through your fingersone grain at a timedawn breaks the stillnessand thunders through my brain I stand on the threshold of tomorrow, examining the cracks in my psyche. Born…
Longevity: Poems in the Key of Helen
Longevity: Poems in the Key of Helen Poems written in the spirit of my grandmother who was one of the most lovable souls I've ever met. She was instrumental in…
Belligerent
i conjure this necessity, razor-sharp, surging blood, with unmortgaged reason, no compromised beliefs or treaties of the heart, just commitment brewed to the maximum proof. to the icons of corruption—of…
Still Standing
The corridors of enlightenment stand dusty and stained with years. I walk the halls in silence, pondering the moments that came before me. Weathered statues of ancient gods cast disapproving…
Resistance
Resistance A sharp critique of fascism in America (no holds barred). Topics include fascism, oligarchy, kleptocracy, and dictatorial rule along with propaganda and grifting. Available on Amazon >>
Perspective
Perspective (chapbook): Haibun and tanka prose poems with images. Black & White. Available on Amazon >>
