Superlatives

Superlatives

Centered on the often chaotic and ridiculous nature of existence.

A Flirtation Gone Awry

A Flirtation Gone Awry

A young man meets his match when he attempts to pick up a savvy young woman.

Inside Blues

Inside Blues

Mad rain beat down
all day in his room

From here on in:soaring

From here on in:soaring

In memory of Gordon Lightfoot passing.

Honestly

Honestly

Learning to love myself and realize that it isn’t always your loss when it hurts; sometimes people can make you forget the good in yourself.

Song my mother sang

Song my mother sang

When babe in arms
My mother sang to me

the land of body is tired and needs to rest from entertaining immature tourists

the land of body is tired and needs to rest from entertaining immature tourists

I write of smells, cutaneous sensations, truth. Sometimes the Natural World is a place of rage, power, reprieve, and wonder.

Weather Map

Weather Map

A work of evocative impressionism rooted in reality and history but suffused through the psyche to be dream-like.

Dear G

Dear G

Dear G
You’ve asked me what makes a poet

Hope

Hope

“Hope” is a poem that focuses on dealing with life challenges plus having the faith and belief that things will change for the better.

Marilyn In Miles

Marilyn In Miles

“Marilyn In Miles” is my attempt to process the loss of my stepmother, Marilyn, who died from cancer last summer.

To Cody

To Cody

Reflecting on myths and stories and how they inform how we think about things, with a curiosity about time and how it passes.

This Time of Year

This Time of Year

A reflective piece of poetry, that asks the what-ifs of this life, pondering the duality of life and death and missed opportunities.

Fog

Fog

A poem about disinformation

Please

Please

please do not bleed,
not right now.

I Dreamed I Closed My Eyes Forever

I Dreamed I Closed My Eyes Forever

This is a poem about a dream I really had.

A Second Life

A Second Life

Much will be forgiven those on whom not much has dawned. But let me ask: How could you not see the signs? What with the oceans rising…