Where it came from, I had no way of knowing. Perhaps it crawled up from the stream below my house.…
Daily Mantra
All the weeds in my yard will disappearNo tree branches or leaves will ever fallThere will never be a line…
Keep On Keeping On
In the way you sayIn the shape and in the formIn no uncertain termsEven if it falls exactly as you…
All Life’s Noise
Listening to nothing in the cool morningI smile as Buddha would if I only wereAnd blow a kiss that molds…
Off Script
Some song about what goes on under the coversI’ve never experienced quite the same frantic anticsAs seen on TV or…
Write Like H E Double Hockey Sticks
If you want to tell today’s plain factYou’d best record it right awayBefore it’s blinded and bewildered by timeTurns into…
The Odds
It’s been a year now since Kenneth stopped in to pay what he owed me. Walking in after three tentative knocks, he produced…
And you get baloney from how?
Bologna’s a city known for sausageThat disavows any knowledgeOf what goes on down those sketchyDark streets where meat and pavement…
The Lessoning of You Knew Who
So little of you, you now knowing downLife teaching you smaller bits of selfA growing descentCertainty slides into mysteryNot doubt,…
Wind and Reed
A new moon slipping overWhite plate and crystalShadowed beneath where sustenanceIs no longer cravedSlipping and slipped beyond supperTongues still tasting…
The Man Who Mourned Twice (Part Two)
On the ride home, Kalo lay limp across his lap, exhausted by the long scare due to the first two…
The Man Who Mourned Twice (Part One)
When he had to put Kalo to sleep, he cried all the way to the vet. She’d been his sole…
Do Them Part
Someone wake him before he dreams of her againHe sees them stroll the shore with pant leg cuffs rolled upTo…
Hunger
I go to your funeral to witness who else is still aliveYou go because Someone may say something about you…
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Every Sunday my post-church treatIs a jumbo dill pickle from Wally’s SuperetteI can hear them calling to meFloating in their…
Not Yet
That first time, more than 40 years nowHow many clock ticks like soft background musicFor the streaming rush of words…
When me becomes Me
When do you know you’re You? Self-realization, Self-actualization Coming in from the swirl of identity unhinged You swinging wildly in…
Omega Watch
KnockHemingway starts Knock Knockthe germ of your joke Knock Knock KnockPoe’s living hereDylan’s singing about heaven’s door Knock Knock Knock…
Hang Up
It’s amazing how the internet white pagesList cell and landline numbers going back ages I would try the most recent…
When life gives you lemons
I have a cousin who once lived in Oakland, CaliforniaWhere she had a magic lemon tree in her backyard With…
Lanning Lee 