I like seeing what you’re doing now you’re writing poem books you’re teaching

we used to use Ms. VanDam’s yard constantly either playing on it or cutting through to see friends she lived directly behind our old…

when my Dad lived in Benzie the lake would freeze over across… so my Dad, I, and my brother would go out and walk on it we would walk the shoreline

when we were living at Cheryl’s fa… in Grant, Courtney’s and my room were right next to each other I remember we would just sit on th… right outside our doors

when I worked hauling drywall I used to imagine mountains it was the answer to my current si… it was a hope 8 months later I was in Colorado

in high school Charlie and I used to push out our fellow studen… who were stuck in snowbanks we’d come into class half-frozen and late

my Mom once planted a broken tree… into the ground and she was so excited when it sta… to grow leaves it was in our backyard

after a long day out on the bay in a cove of Lake Charlevoix we got everything packed to go and started heading for the shore my Dad had seen this thing at Sea…

when we were building the new hous… Vinnie and I would go and check o… it was winter and we were fascinat… about the frozen water across the… being a kid I wanted to see if I…

in high school I hurt my knee at a football practice I slammed it off the ground I think it was a Bursa sac it would flare up when I put press…

right around a month ago I was in Northern Michigan and th… at a golf outing the golf was fine but just hanging… the guys is what it’s all about

when I was around ten years old we went camping up at Barnes Park by Torch Lake we’d go to the beach and ride Sea-… on one particular ride

one of my favorite dates I’ve ever… was with a sorority girl named Len… she asked me out and we went to Park Theater for d… and dancing

at the end of one of my finest rel… we met in a park and sat on a benc… she told me it was over I begged her no and cried my eyes… she got up and left and I sat ther…