February 19, 2022
February 12, 2022
“No crime you’ve committed against yourself first, others later, demands erasure.”
February 5, 2022
when nobody calls, I pick up
the days go down the alleyways
I rise
brush my teeth
like they’re all not already rotten
and wonder
January 29, 2022
In 1992 Los Angeles erupted into riots
Latasha Harlins was murdered by a Korean shopkeeper.
January 22, 2022
January 8, 2022
Almost time, always time to go somewhere, do whatever,
though I’d rather wait here longer,
January 1, 2022
The snow whispers one word over and over…hope!
As it sings its song,
Fear is conquered.
Hope brings family together.
Hope motivates men of science to heal an isolated world.
December 25, 2021
Tonight is the night for mystery, and joy
I wander alone to the cove of pine trees
Bedecked in white sparkling gossamer...
December 18, 2021
December 11, 2021
For a time, it seemed
the silence was forged
in fog, compressing the
tides as if a block of wax
was warmed and spread
out to the horizon.
December 4, 2021
I notice him perched on my windshield
as I drive the boys home from school:
His legs like violin bows folded,
black drupelet eyes alert, antennae erect.
Perfect posture, perfect tranquility.
November 20, 2021
There is this passage, this song of creation that even babies utter praise and worship the King. Why not a fish who coughs up a coin?...why not horses…?