Smile at today’s sun as it goes down

Smile at today’s sun as it goes down

Maybe if they knew of my hardships
They would go easier on me

Promise

Promise

A real story about two people who trusted each other and kept promises but the male in the relationship screwed the female over.

About My Sister Not Understanding Poetry

About My Sister Not Understanding Poetry

Everyone doesn’t “get” poetry. It’s okay that people don’t “get it.” There are things in their own lives I don’t understand.

Poem To The Unconvinced

Poem To The Unconvinced

Poem about truth and lies and how they beg to differ.

Inferno’s Frozen Circle

Inferno’s Frozen Circle

This is a poem written to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante (2021).

The World is Broken

The World is Broken

The increasing gun violence in America and the world. Teenagers with guns shooting other children.

Cut

Cut

My work is from a manuscript called “What the Sun Thought,” which I wrote several years ago.

Small Facts About A Barely Significant Love Story

Small Facts About A Barely Significant Love Story

He wedged a poem between the brickwork and the sill,
thought it would slow down ants.

The Retreat

The Retreat

The Retreat is about my time at Omega. I experienced powerful healing rituals after a difficult divorce and loss of my job.

The Infinite Chaos

The Infinite Chaos

People today In the hope of security Concentrate them into the small space, Limit infinite chaos, wider occupancy, and horizon.

Russia’s war invading Ukraine

Russia’s war invading Ukraine

Monstrous Putin, bloody Russian dictator, wading in blood
Vile creature isolated in ivory tower using murder and terror

Trees of the house

Trees of the house

Women and trees interconnect, the nuance of support. They weep and write, create and cry. Trees create magic similarly.

The Finch’s Song

The Finch’s Song

Someone who has made an eternal decision, to find that perhaps the outcome isn’t exactly what they expected.

Taps – The Final Salute

Taps – The Final Salute

My brother’s military funeral in the pouring rain.

It Is Time To Come Home

It Is Time To Come Home

Our existential home is found when and where the searching ends.

Nervously Again

Nervously Again

A view of early morning existential dread.

distance and divide

distance and divide

The poem is a pied piper for the rats in my mind.