Enter the long-abandoned house and you might feel an urge to run. As if you had invaded a sacred space. Outer rooms are a disaster of dust and mouse droppings. The inner room is like a pyramid of preservation. The odor, like decaying cheddar cheese,…

Prompt 5 (I used the following words: hardback, sunflower, knitting, cheddar cheese, space, wine glass)   With a hardback I sit in my lawn With every story, I’m newly born A sunflower is tickling my feet My knitting left for a yellowed sheet My heart…

I wanted to write and let you know… I understand so much more about you from here Your thirst for independence, but you still held us dear. I remember you cooking meals with me And changing the dishes Doing so much work and being innovative…

Desert Lover   Walking through the alleys of old Bisbee, I thought I saw the ghost of an ex-junkie   who captured my attention in these same streets, twenty-three years ago.   A face like Richard Gere’s— eyes wandering inward, as if bored.   Cheap…

Shisa took me for a walk today. I hadn’t planned a walk; I had other, more productive ideas: pull the weeds, spread the mulch.   Shisa doesn’t get that many walks anymore. She has worn her arthritic hips out with the many glorious walks she…

It is sad We broke apart Not by design Nor by default But you must not let that dream die. Like my fathers before me, Everyone must answer The call of the great beyond But I will not allow you to go astray. The dream…

A black and beautiful beast was El toro Shinning and enormous in size was El toro He thought himself indestructible He thought himself…unvanquishable The pride of the stable was he And he made sure both man and animal alike never forgot it Until he was…

  I fall into a swoon at the sight of the moon like a romantic tune or the call of a loon.   Though singers will croon about love coming soon of the Strawberry moon appearing in June,   at night I cocoon at home…

Twenty…nineteen…eighteen…seventeen Crunch Gasp Don’t think about it Don’t think about it Don’t you dare think about the pain Hold the pose There. Just a little bit… Longer But the discomfort The discomfort! Get me out of here…someone…anyone?

Remember the days we uses to be close Shared secrets that nobody else knows I trusted you with all I had Who knew once promised everlasting friendship could turn out this bad But there is only you who is to blame Because you didn’t spare…