From Then To

I remember the dawn’s first early light,silhouettes of darkened heads bob love,no secret anymore, amore in paradise,no strangers to me … More

Speak with the Dead

I quit watching the clock some time ago. Factssuch as my age, or what day or month or yearit is often escape … More

Exactly a year from now, I wonder ifI’ll be sitting at my computer writing something?I believe I foresee a good … More

I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I … More

When you can’t kill the deer it’s okay to say okay. Give in to life and let live. The one … More

for Billy Collins I can’t resist the temptationto write about you, old man,eating alone at the corner table in a … More

I saw his claws. They resembled handswrapped around a sword’s handle too tightly,bloodless white in the fearful death-gripof his cautions … More

Bob’s alarm jerked him out of a bad dream. When he opened his eyes, he was saved from a grand … More

You look at me as if what you seeshould make you mean something moreto you than what you are. I … More

Eventually now, I see the whole wide world we knew,if we live long enough – I’m finding it’s so for … More

Will we find that it’s fine, eventually, all by itself,that it’ll blow over with the passage of time, I wondered.Life’s … More

It’s funny, I thought – on the non-stop to New York,staring out at the little pockets of light spread againstthe … More

Spring was an adventure; we were learning the ropes.Summertime, a little easier going, working out the kinks.Fall ushered in those … More

Sometimes it’s a straight line,the closest distance between two points.But it’s not necessarily a flat line.For some, yes, that’s true, … More

Wherever there’s waterthree atoms have formed a molecule of H2O,and on that molecular level this bondis the orderly arrangement of … More

They sit bent over a creaking teak table top,this old pair aged out in days, near the limit,eating simple fare … More

He realized relatively young in life that he would die. That knowledge comes to each of us at a different … More

Our group, struck by the sight of a medusa tree riding astride its monstrous barrow mounded base, myriad tentacle fingers … More

Only Ifs One moment I’m lying on the ground staring at the sky,writhing in pain because I’ve broken my ankle, … More

We held a first party yesterday, those of us who could finally attend.After all this time being apart so much, … More