It's still summer here in Phoenix but the heat is letting off, somewhat. That means it's time to cut the Read more
Amy and I are barely talking. Since my decision to bring Mother home, and not to hospice, a decision that Read more
Gently I approach.He’s there again,standing at pond’s edge,blazing yellow eyesgazing at me,pulling my imageinto his world. I receive his splendid Read more
He got clearance from the police first, then the doctor, that it was okay for him to see his Read more
June stood with both hands in the ice chest gazing out the front windows of the Crossroads Store. She Read more
The Wolf licks my wounds clean each morning,And the Lion lets me sleep in his mouth when cold.I do not Read more
One white puff after anotherand four-footed hooves in a leap over a half-moon—that was the image in my mind when Read more
He who has ears, let him hear. - Matthew 11:15 anguished ones testifygirls to women, truth to power penetrate deaf Read more
When you are dying,the electric snow of oblivionfalls slowly on the soft apricot poresof the brain that is growing cold.The Read more
Skytrains glidefrom mall to mall. Sugar mountainsclimb the halls. Take a taxi.Make a fuss. You’ll never missyour cannabis. Shops crop Read more
The thing about the book given to mefor Christmas one year when I was a kid(I never got a book Read more
sometimes we smelledskunk musk through the vents.other times, we inhaledthe skunk itself,dead below the floorboards,rotting scent siftingthrough the kitchen. there Read more
These strange days with many strange ways.Blind people with eyes that can see,… yet they can't. Minds that can open, Read more
WASPLEG—THE SEVEN-DEADLIES DEATHWALK Wrath lets our inner darkness tell us what’s real.Avarice shares nothing with others, then builds a wall.Sloth Read more
Being oldis a surprise,varicose veins,unknown bruises& thin skin,fear of dementia& being forgotten,endless lossof loved ones,death as a latelynew companion,totally fatiguedby Read more
I could do withanother beer. my wifedoesn't like itwhen I get like this.there's nothing a beermakes you wantas much as Read more
The path we are on runs above the surfnarrow and flanked by cliff and rolling turfSilky strands swaying in a Read more
When it rainsI sit beneathA mountain cherryAnd wait for it clear No wineNo songNo dew-drop tearsI am not the man Read more
Nicole Nelson, pleased with herself that she had successfully taken her two children, six-year-old Riley and four-year-old Renee, for their Read more
Here is a private hutstaring at me,twigs & branchesover the top—naked & alone.I respond to an old 60s doo-wopsong: In Read more
The croaking of tree frogs, in springtime orgies in a forest never truly silent, pierced the dark in harmony with Read more
Before I was seven, we always spent Christmas with my grandma. She lived in tiny house nestled between two active Read more