Normal

If you lived an eternity in each moment, he wondered,why wouldn’t that mean you’d only ever live for a single … More

The Boy Who Stayed

My strongest wish – I’ve never thought so hard about it –this first day of the New Year, 2023, the … More

New Old Dog (I’m still struggling)

For one, you were a sleight-of-hand magician,and I still haven’t figured out all of the tricks youpulled, a tribute to … More

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

I lie and watch TV on Christmas Day with no desire,really, to glean anything of value from it, not understandinghalf … More

Latte Days

She sells coffee as a living at 22 young years,this whip-smart barista with the green hairtoday, red hair yesterday, and … More

Madison WI

I’ll be back next March 2023, aftera three-year hiatus has cost me time. It’s become a kindly drug that worksto … More

From Time to Time

He woke up crying, rocking in his bed,unable to stand, let alone walk,and he wondered would he ever be ableto … More

Softening Music

Grampa sits on the porch rockingHums songs from back in the day when he sang themFull-throated, lung-topped and smiling breathlesslyFeeling … More

Reflections

Amazing how so much dust and grimecoat the surface of a wall mirror.Lying on the floor, I could easily see,but … More

Missed Miles

Travel catch-upFrance friesChina frailsIreland fleetsNorway wavers Korea warnsAntarctica whelms Yesterdays of anytimeDesire returnedAche in the plane seatFatigue flying time zonesDay after … 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

The Clock on the Wall

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

Introspection Dialogue

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

The Rice Eaters (for GB)

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

labor under old love’s illusion

unblinking at a new moonmoving thin skin outlinesilver sliver shimmering roundperfect, the odd center of it allmilky, muddled, blotchy, shadowedtaken all … More

To the Rescue

You didn’t finish the yard work, only half the bedroom’s painted.Dishes lie in the sink, and you hear the bathroom … More

Unwound

My legs are tired, heavy.Each step’s more a slog.The clock slows down.Someone forgot to wind it.Used to stay on top … More

Reunion

There are never more, of course, always only fewer, as it is in this life, so it goes, the some … More

To Place a Face

I am standing in line for coffee. Even though the social distance floor dots have disappeared, everyone stands a decent … More

Time’s Gift

It’s that late hourBeer in handThe yard work done againI watch the close of the faded irisPurple and whiteNot as … More