There was a Time
A poetic and emotional response to being treated for prostate cancer and the loss of the author's mother to pancreatic cancer. Now available on Amazon
There was a Time
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Time
And one day you wake up, do the math and realize you’ve gotten old. You want to rage against the injustice, but your back hurts too much so you settle for a cup of tea and reading the daily news. … Continue reading
Wind
It’s windy in California. The dangerous winds of autumn. The leaves of the trees are starting to turn color while the grass dries. The rains of winter haven’t touched the hills in seven months. The air is dry. Years of … Continue reading
Silence
The power of poetry is often expressed in the silence between the words – felt in the things unsaid. What to not say is the question. Prose drones on until the words fade into meaningless noise. Preachers and politicians speak, … Continue reading
The Bottlebrush Didn’t Have a Poem at the Writing Conference
Between the dining hall and the classroom was a bottlebrush shrub. It was precisely machine trimmed with square edges, flat top and plumb sides. Conformed to a box, the nature within had lost its wildness. Only two red brushes survived … Continue reading
