An abandoned storefront sits sadly on the main street of a small town. The spread of chain stores has robbed America of individuality. Box stores beat out neighborhood merchants leaving the country impoverished of creativity and courage. A skyscraper does not have the heart of…

“All I knew was that I wanted to spend New Year’s Eve with you” What happened to that woman? What happened to the woman who leaned over the table and whispered “you look beautiful tonight” What happened to the woman who said “I’m going to…

Lost my first poem Freestyle Looking for Saw to still be playing Somewhere countywide Guess not, need cable, just local channels And computer links Antebellum with not enough volume So rethink going to the theater Maybe I’ll just stay in Wait for my brother to…

Jones BBQ. Shack house. On Fifth Avenue. Where they all. Buy, Them. By, Plates.

She trudged through the muck her gumboots buried in slurping filth with each step a jar of sourdough starter tucked under her arm the lifeblood to feed the next generation her heart beat at a mouse’s rate as she thread the needle through thick and…

This too shall pass, people often say to make you soldier on with a smile so you plough on don’t complain chant it as your soul drains. It is fire that molds a metal brick into a sword but you forget that the brick loses…

Molds on the walls. Bleaching the cleaning filters. To wipe. Them, All away.

All but a grain of sand Sitting under a wildflower or am I yielding a sword of power so much strength in my simple hand Is my cage of wide bars such, so I cannot reach the stars   There, a spoken demise From a…

I refused to let them beat me down Spread me thin and forget about me I looked up at periwinkle sky and imagined dreamed of taking a large needle and sewing up the tears that had formed from their words   Alone in my grove…

Catch me if you can. Running away from. It all, Just barely. Made it. Into, My bedroom.