I always count on you to say the dangerous thing, the true thing, about Dick Cheney or global warming, and damn if you didn’t do it again, calling out Bruce Jenner for making himself into a facsimile woman, practically a Kardashian. I know you, Annie,…

I dress your flesh With heal caress Bruises kissed To nothing mist Seal your pain To nothing shame Held away to make no gain Within the clutch to leave you lame Dead pools quaf The empty off Tremble numb And quite undone

Spinning down in frailty slowly spinning drain or melting. No time control finger swirl mind blown. Gripping onto anything quickly to the end or fading.

“Do you feel confused, uprooted, at a loss-almost depressed but not quite?” Sure always Doesn’t everybody? We play this game called life You know- Job, family, home Creative frustration Walking a fine line between healthy and dead. It’s a bad juggling act at an empty circus…

I am looking out the window Glad to see that morning has come And the writing of poems will cease As I slumber heavily on my pillow   The time has been enjoyable And excruciating- as occasionally Time ticked by so quickly And others, tocked…

Challenge your mind Be kind Learn to Believe When you release Self-doubt Love turns the corner And It shows What you’re about Dig deep Find this Belief Inside you Cause I just Found it Felt it And I am going to possess it It is…

I celebrate Completion Companionship Heroics Lyrics Everyone Known Unknown Foxes Dogs Turtles Butterflies Transcendence Hope Love Excitement Satisfaction Grace Fellows Sisters Alpha Omega Reflections Joys Gratitude Memories Family Friendship Hurrah Hallelujah Amen    

Telling me to write a poem to a YouTube song is about as useful as telling me to stop loving you. First of all, the damn ad comes on, distorting from the get-go whatever the song might have been. And then the damn drums, like…

The end Virginia Carraway stark It’s the end to All this I’m glad I came Along For the ride Cuz it’s the end of All this It wasn’t the best time Or the first time But it was a time And I’m glad I saw…

Ok, I missed a few I didn’t do the fish Fish isn’t for me My favorite author bailed And honestly that one possession Turned into three The sestina almost killed me I gave up poetry then and there I didn’t do the food Diet food…