The World Can Be a Better Place

Yes, there are innumerable reasons to feel worseAnd I’m not just talking about what’s going on in the worldSome of … More

Gone

I heard about it by word of mouth, you knowThe way gossip starts small as within a familyThen blows outward … More

He’ll always go home in that fitting brown aloha shirtFaded Reyn’s from years of favorite wear and washThe cycle repeated … More

Ultimate Dave — he gave himself that name — is bragging again. “I’m the king of ultimate frisbee,” he proclaims, … More

Remember the day you and I dug the pits at Castle Memorial?How you pinpointed the distance with a tape measureMaking … More

At this rate, you may meet them in your next lifeHunched here, ass throbbing, sliding on the benchTo catch the … More

“If you can’t play for us,” Jan says in an encouraging voice, “you know you’d have a tough time on open … More

Of course it must be “you” Even though I think of your ashes As a collection of what you were … More

It was that twinge you get, a quick spine shiver, like when you find an object that turns out to … More

I loaned Duke my first edition of Fitzgerald’s Collected Short Stories, but when – after what I thought was a … More

Oh, said Mr. Souza, as he closed the bathroom door. Please do remember to lower the seat. The women who … More

Even though I heard the question, and certainly understood it, I couldn’t remember, in my fever, what my name was. … More

Frustratingly, however, I could see the big cat lurking above me every time I tried to turn back upward. What this … More

I’ve seen many timesLike a dart that hits a stray markHow friends among each otherOpen and honestAbout nearly everythingWill say … More

At a reading a couple weeks back, I read a piece about some of the encounters I’d had with racist … More

Very much like my fatherI try not to argue with friendsNot because we always agree with thembut because we wonder … More

By the time I saw Dylan in English class, his cheek was little bit red and swollen. Again. I pretty sure … More

Teaching tough kidsIn a notoriously tough schoolCan be tough on you It was well knownHe only came to campusFor my … More

Last Monday I did what I always doSettled now into my retirement routineI woke up, for which I’m thankful every … More

Are always more spookyThan the dead onesThe ones who are church serviceSealed and deliveredTo the great beyond Still breathingThese hang … More