So Much up in the Air

Nothing much gets the old adrenaline going now, but even if you’re tired, you know, you have to force yourself … More

The Clock on the Wall

Exactly a year from now, I wonder ifI’ll be sitting at my computer writing something?I believe I foresee a good … More

I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I … More

That silver flame subdued all color into black and white. Remembering neon paint and black light nights. I recall the … More

Was it 40 or 50 years ago now that my sisterconvinced me to try online dating? I’ve losttrack of how … More

I’ve had this dream before, variations of it, many times.This morning it was my final dream of the night,so right … More

Go on, please turn your head this way.I close my eyes, and you’re all I see.The best things in life … More

Yet no one passing by stoops to retrievethis fragment of our flag oddlyleft to weather on the roadside.Tattered and fading … More

This morning I had an enormous idea.I’m talking it was spectacular, my friends. I woke up from a dream where … More

I’m standing in the supermarket again, reaching in my pocketfor the list I wrote out on the breakfast counter at … More

I learned recently that Claude Monet wanted mostto paint the air between himself and his subject.I’m still trying to wrap … More

From up here it’s simple to say you see what this legendary saga of long ago is all about. His … More

When you can’t kill the deer it’s okay to say okay. Give in to life and let live. The one … More

for Billy Collins I can’t resist the temptationto write about you, old man,eating alone at the corner table in a … More

If I’ve told these people once, I’ve told them a thousand times:let sleeping dragons lie, folks, for roused, they’re bad … More

Holy moly, how this warrior keeps waltzing out of hell;It would be a drag, I suppose, if he lost a … More

She’s one ugly mother, but I’ve witnessed worse,turned down dates with women not far from this foul.I have standards, you … More

I see him limp home, his arm torn from his shoulder,mumbling weird words about a mighty stranger,some foreign crazed killer … More