—first line is the last line of Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind by Peter Godfrey-Smith We enter a garden on an official garden tour with the intent to steal ideas a sculpture garden: art at every turn with the added bonus…

All school subjects are dependent on language for learning and understanding.* When I heard this haiku for the first time, I was mesmerized. long before language the S of the river First of all, it was a monoku, which means rather than the normal three…

Pruned trees and painted houses Plateaued careers and stale marriages. Groomed children and polished cars Swimming pools and 3 car garages. Sheltered from rain, and the outside world, Until tragedy sneaks in to the tiny circle. When friends must comfort and console and aid. Gifting…

I try to smile back, but I’m so flustered that I frown at him instead.(Nicola Yoon) Beyond his understanding His little mind in turmoil For lack of words He cannot say. His expression An anguished scream of frustration The only way he can communicate. Sign…

Did you know some insurances will not cover fertility? Mandated STD testing Fertility shots Blood tests to see if it worked this time (IV? Only if you can afford it.) All costs borne by desperate-to-be parents But when it fails when the fetus is declared…

…would have slain me to see what would not now be in them had I looked had I taken the flight picked up the phone called myself to task shown up wearing black would have slain me to see her wearing the periwinkle dress from…

Arduous journey Heaving to and fro Uncharted course, Location unknown Black depths Foaming white caps Waves or mountain peaks My eyes cannot behold Boundless horizons Senseless of time Mysterious creatures Magical finds “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the…

Tailing after Trevor for Trevor Penick  Wrap me up inside your positivity. Thank the universe from me, for it made you move to the East Coast. Patreon applause for keeping you motivated through this pandemic. Music and workouts much appreciated. Zoom and Sessions,  the gracious…

Poem 4 Don’t Look Away   “This is our life happening, I told her, or would have told her if I could have caught my breath long enough to say it over the clamor of the clarinet and fiddle, and it’s happening right now.” Michael…

She, I made it on through. Trees alive standing there. A branch from the tree of life. Clay made so. Brain, skin, and bones. Vessels, muscles, fluid Tissues he wipes the eyes, and serves. Kindness of Awareness. Brings public attention. No more sorrows or pains….