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The Christmas Alergy

Somebody is always cleaning!Dust is falling snow on green shag carpets.Siblings squabble overbreakfast cereals.The furnace rages too hot.Bing Crosby croons snowfallsand the house grows smaller.Pine tr...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:36:00 GMT

Tempest

TempestSmall vessels rise, fall splinter on pinnacles of Prospero's wave heavens burst white lighting squalls folding battalion sails seabirds pushing bent wings against pulverizing winds Ch...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:45:00 GMT

Paul Newman, my favorite blue-eyed actor, R.I.P.

To Paul Newman Wooden courtroom set creaky floor jury scrutinizingawkward stepsjudge pouncingat shaky words,client wincingat your wobbly stance.When you drank raw eggsIn The Verdict,I was revolted b...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:41:00 GMT

Father’s Day

Father's DayThey climb up the slide and down its stairs.Buzzing childrenchant half-songs and whines.They play while I lie, eyes sandpapered raw cheeks stubbledshirt stained.I dream of sculling a co...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:59:00 GMT

Poem For Dad

Poem for DadSometimes, around midnightI'd watch the dining-room glint in dad's focused eyes.He typed on a Smith Coronaelectric typewriter "just as good as the IBM."With every strokeice rattled in his ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:30:00 GMT

Forest--a Video Broadside by Jerry Garcia


Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 23:17:00 GMT

Poem for my Brother

Words Expressions and phrases straight lines running parallel Logic and solution pouring faster than tsunami waves   Zealousness and piousness precipitating actions duties   ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:53:00 GMT

Existential Quest

Existentialist Quest Aside Let meaningfulnessspill over his headlike baptism.Let epiphanybuzz him to bedlike a narcotic injection. Let revelationring his well-read consciousnes...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:24:00 GMT

Poem

Milky Way  I scull glinting black depthsrefracting stars scatter like icy shards                dazzling my approach. ...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:36:00 GMT