Life is not hard It is the cow that made it so and you believe it so too   Sit back and wonder why It is the cow that made it so and no one asked why it is so   Dazed at times at…

Tax Day   once a year their taxes are due   they come to me receipts all askew   forms galore they’re not sure   can I claim this how about that   no sir, you cannot claim your cat   aren’t’ my crumb crunchers…

the path   the path she ponders glimmering before her   she must step through the shadows of doubt clutching her fear   glimpsing, on what could be words on poetry  

Mystery, for Dave   When Dave didn’t die from the aortic aneurysm like the eighty-five percent who do he said Nancy, what does it even mean to be alive?  What happens when we die? Does it matter how we live if we’re just going to…

Haiku Not Mentioning Marriage   Morning tea.  Thank God I dodged that bullet train.  Rice, toasted, floats in green.    

What is love? Bell Hooks says that, All awakening to love is a spiritual awakening.” I was fooled by this once. The allure of my most reverent desire to fall for the spirit before all else.  No, I will trust my most basic instincts and…

  Musical Words All my favorite words in music are friends…Rivers, Bayou, and Trees, all lead you Home to me. This is clear to see.  Thank you, Sylvan Esso, even though I missed you at the festival this year. They sing in a strong harmony,…

The Celestial Kiss   planets collide hearts yours and mine

Little Poetry Projects   Q-Tips are soft small clouds in a glass jar but on bad days we smell the sulphur lightning and hear thunder when we scrub our ears for wax. “Can you taste the wax?” said Simon, our cat.  “Yes” said one of…

There’s a million ways to say goodbye   A belt buckle embossed with a flower and vines, large at the center, spindling out into nothingness   M&Ms with our faces stamped on them, colors brightened by our smiles and doting wide eyes   A diamond…