I feel you off-hand in my pocket just now,jingle your magic among the loose change,finger the coin of your clever … More
Tag: #WriterTuesday
How Cold I Am
At this point I believe we should let what seems, just be, everything unquestioned and accepting anything completely. Let’s move … More
Come On
This time I drop down on my kneeTo ask if you’ll please marry meYou keep staring over my head Seem … More
Code of Silence
The fog is rolling in, the silence of the night. That quiet that is so heavy you could eat it … More
The Hunt
You were the hunter and I was the prey,the joke of a couple of English majors.I’m leaving this note and … More
When History Won’t Repeat
That secret silent wasting away of hearts breaking,glass shards piling to the floor, soundless winter fall around,a blizzard of loves, … More
Pandemic Accostation
So informal so not a bow Too formal for a shaka sign We meet side by side at a sidewalk … More
A Dream Within a Dream
I listened to my boss’s pep talk. Let me make this clear as crystal to all of you.You’ve heard, I … More
For Us
In the wake of illness striking millions by surprise those affected by it personally or through kinship ties, how they … More
Old Criticism
The women were of all kinds so many stunning ones passed before me breathless water flowing round me rushing cool … More
Halloween
He despised children. He sat there in the dark to make it look as though there was no one home. … More
Too Far Gone
I could not go with you lost on that trail you and me crocuses and cacti fields of yellow daffodils … More
Customers
I see them pop up.It’s not really so unusual here.I imagine the dialogue, There, you say, no there.Yes, that’s it. … More
Neighbors
Quiet practice I considered a courtesy.The gesture of a considerate neighbor. The walls in this apartment complex are thin.Sometimes I … More
A Body at Rest
She sleeps deeply, beautiful as smooth carved marble, her moonlit face shows no wrinkles, no scars that you might see … More
If it wasn’t for bad luck
Destiny, a word redolent with possibility,is an outer world, one beyond usbut around us.As we live our lives we bump … More
Vinyl’s Final
Vinyl was as good as dead, but it’s making a comeback.Like Lazarus, LPs have risen from the grave.The last time … More
The Lurch (Part Two)
He’d heard that phrase all his life, but never thought much about what it might mean. Maybe he might’ve been … More
Black and White
My sister snaps the picture. She’s not a professional photographer, I muse. And she’s using my iPhone. What this occasion … More
The Fire Escape
The fire and the sirens woke everyone up. The sky was bright orange and red. I knew it when I … More
