Poetry

I’d Not Learned This Meaning Of Delta

The first time I ever heard of delta was learning the Greek alphabet, delta the…

The Present Situation—Fractured Reality: Reflections and a Poetic Response

Where are we, I mean humanity, society, here in America?   If you do a situation…

In A Hallowed Place

Parked on the narrow walking path, an old jeep, its black hood peeling, the shine…

My Dancing Jeans

In high school, I went to sock hops because there was nothing else to do…

Last Goodbye / First Hello

I arrived at my parents’ home to introduce them      to my fiancée. My mother met…

Chimney Rock

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the…

Circumstantial Evidence

Lest we forget it began with Civil War North against South brother against— So on…

Again And Again

Never again the holocaust of Jews, of Slavs, of dissenters, of the mixed or mismatched…

The broom

Whenever I pick up the broom, you run upstairs to hide– even when I let…

Crapshoot

Don’t use conventional language in a poem they say, it’s cliché. So no smoke and…

Among the Ruins

Kicking loose stones out of his way, a tea farmer climbs down a mountainside towards…

Fertile Futility

This fertile futility creates havoc, Makes me undo what’s already done— Challenge all I know…

Lonely In a Crowded Room

A lyric on my lips from a song I’ve forgotten. A spindle I prick my…

Margaritaville

Under Tiki huts, Tables with margaritas, Salt spilled on the floor. I admired Jimmy Buffet,…

Riverboat Resistance

Damien Ricketts, co-captain of the riverboat, Harriot II, probably thought he was as alone as…