Poetry

Morning Prayers

On New Year’s morning, my first extended stay with my daughter since she moved to…

the release of the butterflies

The air no longer warm and icky, The turn to autumn comes to pass. The…

State of Denial

No sooner than 24 hours after Hurricane Ian rumbled through the I-4 corridor where Orlandoans,…

Condolence Call for America

The luminous call for the birdsong bells A dream dies every few seconds in this…

In Memoriam

She thought her large hands and feet were due to her hard labour one summer…

Coffee is my Confidant

World’s Fuel from a Bean   Espresso short shot makes Ristretto, Doppio – a double-shot,…

About Your Warring Sides

…I just go where I’m told and do what I was made to do. from…

Poached Eggs

I’d like to Broach the executive subject of Poached Eggs   to achieve the perfect…

The Sins Of The Fathers

We had parked in a quiet Skopje side street and the Germans parked in front…

an Inquiry on Rice

one of oldest Crops feeding the World – Beliefs that Eight Millennia ago China was…

“These Eyes”

Slant Eyes. That’s what they called me, On the playground, in class, on the bus.…

a kind of palindrome

inte-resting how Per-Forming   the Not-You for a Moment clarifies the You-Now   refer a…

One Less Gun in Kenosha

I know Kenosha, it’s a friendly enough place, usually quiet any time of year except…

LOVE, YOU DON’T KNOW

You don’t know what it’s like being a foreigner in a beautiful and fascinating country…

Birth Or Death

Death begins at birth for pro-lifers. The birth day is when interest is lost lost…