Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem
Walking in the forest as morning comes I hear piccolos of wrens and robins offer hymns to God
Redbud and dogwood have blossomed above the tulips and jonquils wher… Alice’s house used to be. A possum and raccoon nose around where the garage was before the to…
Jesus, can we talk? Some folks say you’re coming back any day now but many of them have been saying that for years. They say it could happen tomorrow, or maybe next week, and they’ve al...
In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers
Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.
Even as a child Charles couldn’t forgive other chi… not for something they had done but rather for who they were. They were inferior and couldn’t he…
If you’re a reprobate in recovery you have to be careful what you do… You’re no different than an alcoho… always in danger of falling again. At least an alcoholic has a diseas…
When Bill goes home to the church of his youth he finds things are different. They don’t sing “Amazing Grace” the way they did when he was
This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up
He wants to do certain things he should have done before old age and illness reaped their harve… The doctor gives him days perhaps a week to breathe
There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week
After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she
Carnage rolls across the sand amid the silence of imams Women raped,
I like to watch master chefs on television do their thing. My favorite is Jacques Pépin when he has to chop an onion. No one chops an onion faster.