Long Butts I should feel good, grateful really, as I leave Shop ‘n’ Save bags full of fresh produce, soft bread baked today, Hungry Man dinners on sale, Salisbury steak and mashed potatoes, fried chicken with apple crumb cake, a... Continue Reading →
Birding Where lichen blooms green on the hickory. Where an unblinking rabbit hunches in his burrow. Where dried hydrangeas and broom sedge rustle in the breeze. I watched you carry an armload of oak through the uphill brush and stack... Continue Reading →
aging children why do songs last longest longer even than the memory of smells that call us home my mother sang her mother's songs as i sing hers to you too small to join the chorus but that will come... Continue Reading →
Work (A Noun) Old English: weorc, werc, wurc, wirc, worc, work: that which distinguishes the human from other primates Let us start at the beginning. Come closer and we'll focus on a detail: two hands, rough with bitten-down nails but... Continue Reading →
Sleeping Late This almost never happens, but it did today. I awoke to a bedroom bathed in sunlight. Machines whirred far then close Trimming the lawn across the street. Thuds echoed a signal, unseen men hammered On distant roofs, And... Continue Reading →
First Dental Appointment Having no appointment myself, I’m a serene gull surfing air currents. You’re intrigued by the hydraulic chair, florescent lights, and sit quietly while he works. I pat your hand, tell you what a brave boy you are.... Continue Reading →
Poetry Breakfast 