If you’re searching for some deeper meaning in this poemDon’t bother, Dear Reader, everything’s right here on the surfaceLike the … More
Category: Literature
Finding Peace
Floundering at the bottom of the darkest pitWhere he choked with every spluttered curseHis life depending now on letting anger … More
The Case of the Eternal Adolescents
The Hardy boys never had sexNever produced progeny to perpetuate the detective family dynastyNo junior detectives carrying on the family traditionFrank … More
The Weight of Words
I loaned Duke my first edition of Fitzgerald’s Collected Short Stories, but when – after what I thought was a … More
Middle Age
I’m long past middle age, but my joke has always been that no matter how old I get, I will … More
Immortal
This is good; I want to be alone. I’m amazed I’m the only one here. You’d think the place would be swarming … More
Growing Up Local (August 6, 2023)
“Make sure to watch the credits all the way to the end.” My friend, Bill Teter, was on his way … More
And More
My parents were good parents, allowing meTo lay the foundations of my literary fixation From an early age when they … More
Fame and Misfortune
Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.– Susan Ertz This … More
Remember the time in the laundry room?
I sat perched atop one of the dryers in our apartment building basement, absorbing warmth, enjoying the rumbling spin of … More
The Feud
The Elgin Marbles have stood up well, true, not wasting much under the rude press of time, considering their grief … More
The Authors’ Voices
Like dog whistles we can’t be heard. If you could hear all of us, together, you’d never let us into … More
Black and White
My sister snaps the picture. She’s not a professional photographer, I muse. And she’s using my iPhone. What this occasion … More
The Ghosts of Irish Writers
INTERIOR, RADIO STATION STUDIO – MIDNIGHTRICHARD, the DJ, sits at a table in front of a microphone. ULYSSES, the guest … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 23, A Tale of Mad City
My first semester at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely had its best of times and worst of times split … More
