Word Picture

The urge of whirling stars told me sleepingI should write about you today but I only seeA coursing down of … More

Midwestern Return

With the windows up it’s so quietThe dead and I can only hear the engine humThe AC pump purring its … More

That Unkind of Call

When people still had landline telephonesSometimes I wanted to throw mine out the windowThe last time we talked, he told … More

Counting Back to Korean

There aren’t too many stars to countIf you believe in where you’re goingThe exercise of flying back to SeoulTallying suns … More

To Books Never Read

The shelves, like his mind, are stuffed with booksAnd there are piles of them, neatly stackedOn tables throughout the houseMore … More

Dear Reader, this is stuff that’s dry and boring

If you’re searching for some deeper meaning in this poemDon’t bother, Dear Reader, everything’s right here on the surfaceLike the … More

Dirt

This morning, running the vacuum in the living roomThe face of an old flame popped into my headAnd for a … More

Groove

You pause a beat from being yourselfTake a sharp breath as you put you on holdLift the needle that vibrates … More

Confessions of a Floss-o-holic

An obsession sprung from getting braces at 24For some reason, I’d never bothered to floss my teeth beforeI never seemed … More

Identity

“Is that true?” they ask, when they want to knowAbout poems I’ve dreamt off somewhere to catchWords snatched at “a … More

You Are a Star

It was the perfect way your body woreThe “I am a Star” T-shirt I brought to MadisonA collector’s item printed … More