Demagogue

Demagogue

Witness the insolent upstart
nonchalantly rouse the rabble

Night Owls

Night Owls

The stars are like seeds on fire,
The milky way is thinned out

Back to the City

Back to the City

Dog and I at the park
to escape the human.

The Day After The Funeral

The Day After The Funeral

Last night she’d had a glass of wine
slept eight hours

student class x

student class x

the origin of the intelligentsia
there are paintings in museums that could not call up pictures

The gods of space

The gods of space

The gods of space rule long in virtues true,
Far, far in Epsilon Bootees, the star

Like These

Like These

A poem about not just battling addiction and demons but realizing how it takes the pieces of what makes me who I am.

Bouquet and Tear

Bouquet and Tear

I saw him on the subway to Manhattan, Thinning hair, Thinning skin, Bulge over a belt and baggy pants […]

The Persistent Absentee

The Persistent Absentee

A Georgian facade is visible from my punishment cubical. Compliments to its former conscript for coping so creatively. Computer […]

Matriculation

Matriculation

‘Learning Curve’ is an unpublished collection concerned with the decline of Western civilization.

Taking On The Dictator’s Statue

Taking On The Dictator’s Statue

Somberly he stepped forward, wobbly knees, swaying arms, a high bald head as if his ears had crawled down […]

God is a Woman

God is a Woman

God is a woman, the world her mirror, her tigered jungles, her deserts of ennui, her peaks and valleys, […]

The Art I Fear Most

The Art I Fear Most

The upstairs neighbor trundles room to room, scalding footprints into the air. A green truck clanks with lading. Trash […]

To My Wife (On The Occasion of Our 25th Wedding Anniversary)

To My Wife (On The Occasion of Our 25th Wedding Anniversary)

This poem reflects social injustice, broken hearts, and lifelong love, that which is always with us.