No Time for Sunshine

I’d love to write a poem affirming truth, and love, and constancy, extolling the happily ever after we all seek … More

Double Truths

Now, you say, that, that was true knowledge, the kind unkind if the truth hurts you, a loved one, everyone, … More

The fog is rolling in, the silence of the night. That quiet that is so heavy you could eat it … More

Whether the news affected her, he couldn’t say for sure, never knowing that deeper, secretive view her heart had taken … More

He sits there stick alert staring into space, one quivering hand resting just above the keys, the other pointing off … More

I glance at the clock, and it’s 11:10, one minute shy of that best moment of our lives. On the … More

Dig in. I would say “amen” as people commonly do at times like this, who practice it seriously, but to … More

You were the hunter and I was the prey,the joke of a couple of English majors.I’m leaving this note and … More

Frances Silverwood and David Lindemanused my home, Pacific Heights,in their 1919 song, “Honolulu I Am Coming Back Again.” Commissioned to … More

Everything appeared tidy, organized,each item in its proper place,but when I took a closer look ata lamp, a painting, or … More

He used to think, yes, a blue moon is rare, every couple of years, but it does occur, hence the … More

I finished my tea and what did I see this morning to my dismay? Those little black leaves at the … More

If you were ever told that there were starving children somewhere who would be ecstatic to eat your unwanted food, … More

It is 114 degrees, noon, and I step out onto Langdon, stealthy, my eyes darting everywhere, see someone coming, sit … More

All nature towers over and around us, ancient forests and hills ever surround us, the moon and stars and endless … More

This blood in a chipped china cup is mine,The pattern round the rim is of birds in flight,Frail bodies brushed … More

When I was young I was dragged to Sunday service, sat unhappily brooding in a middling distance pew, wedged in … More

What do you do when you have a harder and harder time expressing in words what is running through your … More

It’s so no law of nature that your nightsshould be all sweetness and light, dreams delightful,when you’re in love.Let me … More

One day you will write the best thing you ever wrote,you think, hope, each day your prayer, your mantra.For inspiration … More