Not the One

“I wish you would try to see it from my side, baby.” See it from his side. I have absolutely … More

Looking for Love

In love for all his life with every poet’s idea of love, he always wandered around in some kind of … More

“So it’s agreed, then, we should sell the house, right?” she said. “And we’ll then split the money in half.” … More

Neil Young was playing. The Comes a Time album. Sipping a beer, he stared into the fireplace and saw her face. Young did that … More

The bud, pristine, sat there unopened. If you talk to plants, they’re supposed to hear you. That’s what Helen … More

When I could bare to stand nakedYour eyes on me for a first timeI prayed for the bestCrossed my fingers … More

Drive into the tunnel nowAll flesh drawn tighter than airAll around my chestBody stiff concrete lungsA deepest breath heldThe harder … More

That popularized line of John Donne’sAbout no one being a self-sufficient islandThat we are all partOf a larger interdependent groupBoth … More

Give away something dear sometimeTry this and perhaps you’ll not miss itReorder your brain, your heart to accept the absenceGladly … More

But that was long agoHer intentIf I recall correctlyWas to steal my heartSet me apartFrom all the othersPounding at her … More

I remember the theater, the old movies festival, the music, and you, the smell of popcorn filling the lobby, that … More

Why does it always have to be his way? I finally have had it. I say, “Basically, Alex, you’re a … More

Our love bloomed quickly A seed soaked in water and sun Our hearts tending Mighty nurture with the help of … More

Go ahead near the end and try To warm yourself in solitary winter Go burn the letters, the diaries, the … More

There’s tension in the rigid repetition of the waves tonightTheir rolling ashore like a ticking clockUnder the full moon spotlightingOur … More

Earlier this year, I found out she’d passed away after a 10-year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. That’s a hell of a … More

I met a local woman yesterdaywho had moved with her husbandfrom Hawai‘i to Californiato find a better life. Her husband … More

You chill me ocean coldThe moon unsettling nightAs you draw back your handI glimpse a raw dawn horizonOur years will … More

The night opens my eyesAnd awake will see into the darknessIt’s not that kindSo solid it’s like beingConfined in a … More

I hand-built this pitcher with care for youDid not thrown it mechanically on a wheelBut the hairline cracks from the … More