My latest collection of poems, Every Wave Will Whisper, is now available

I’m happy to say that my latest collection of poems, Every Wave Will Whisper, is now available on Amazon in … More

Our Crossing Time

Each different and the sameTwo part of a whole, same fabricHistory woven, stitch and seam each of the otherAs read, … More

When I woke up this morning, I wanted to write my first 1000 line poem.Ambitious, perhaps, but it’s been my … More

my tongue bitten to bloody point,harder and harder, I feel it now, and justa little bit harder now, yes, there, … More

Remember how the flakes of snow fell that day,catch on your tongue slow, fluttering like moths,like feathers, gentle rocking motion, … More

I have suspicions about the last ghost in my housewho does not haunt me, but might have done the washand … More

All those times you’d been togethernot holding onto you, sticking with you,how after all this can laughter heal you, evercome … More

You know, my fate’s really always come down to you.It’s been that way since 1982.I’ve counted the years nearly every … More

We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe … More

When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday … More

Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows … More

pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in … More

This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed … More

Sometimes I think I’ve becomethat man it’s said will never understand the boyeven though he has been that boybecause he’s … More

The more I drinkthe higher the cigarette butts pile up in the ashtraythe more I think . . . That … More

I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t … More

so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will … More

I gave you everythingI want it backall of itright noweven all these years laterunlessyou don’t have it anymoreall tossed long … More

I’ve decided I’m old enough to saythat time does not heal all wounds.I know this because I’ve experiencedthe kind ofgriefthat … More

Our guide seats us on the time worn smooth stones of the ancient wallhuge and never breached defense ringing round … More