The Regions of America

The Regions of America

There was once an admired branch of the US Government, epitomized by the title Supreme Court, but that doesn’t exist any longer.

Death of an Idea

Death of an Idea

This poem urges us all to pursue our thoughts, our ideas, to their ultimate conclusion no matter how frivolous they may seem.

A Rhetorical Question

A Rhetorical Question

A complicated response to a rhetorical question.

Kept at Bay in the Bay

Kept at Bay in the Bay

One step out, not sidestep, from West Africa,
One firm stride, with full slide, into America.

malaise

malaise

what is this strange feeling in me,
that gnaws on my marrow.

Anchors and Angels

Anchors and Angels

How the wonders of nature and life can sometimes be lost in translation or even during the attempt to describe them at all.

Torture by Telephone

Torture by Telephone

A tongue-in-cheek description of an annoying phone call

it takes awhile…

it takes awhile…

to forget childhood traumas or hideous
events like world trade center falling

Crows

Crows

Tired of hunger
tired of emptiness

Heresy

Heresy

Every day is a headache when come morning time the lion or lamb will come to ruin a Shepard’s day.

The Lives of Jellyfish

The Lives of Jellyfish

I can’t stop thinking about jellyfish. I can’t stop thinking.

Welcome and please remember your Islamic hijab

Welcome and please remember your Islamic hijab

I walk quickly inside a lantern’s wall
my own fingers struck one hundred matches to the flame

The Urns We Carry

The Urns We Carry

My sister-in-law died last spring from a drug overdose. We found out that the funeral home would seal her ashes in several different urns.

Silent Wings

Silent Wings

Tell me of your night
its whispers and its clouds.

Last Night I Saw Joe Hill

Last Night I Saw Joe Hill

Like the song and the writer, I wonder about meeting one no longer in this world. By speaking with them we learn and this gives me hope.

Just another Thursday

Just another Thursday

A panoramic view through snippets of my life as I deal with wage slave jobs, random debauchery, and just a little bit of police harassment.