Choose your own adventure |
Sometimes in my travels, when I'm going to, am in, or have already been to a place where friends have already been, I receive (very well meaning) exhortations to "go see this" or "go look at that", as...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:58:00 GMT |
Notes on Burial Ground |
In October 2004, I was in New York for my brother's wedding. We were driving from his place in Brooklyn Heights, to Connecticut for, I want to say, a costume fitting ;-) but no, it would have been a s...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:34:00 GMT |
Burial Ground |
Who comes up this hill once more, This tired and weighty rise of sods and stones That has seen your kind and mine Forever and before?Who lies below and underneath Their sodden, treading, trudging feet...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:29:00 GMT |
Observations on how touring has changed me. |
I've come to prefer a takeaway cup to a china mug.I choose clothes on how small their going to roll up and if they can survive not being washed for a while.When I enter a hotel room the very first thi...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:33:00 GMT |
Them |
The things I see terrify me,Red the sky and green the sea.The mountain range distorts my view,And I have never heard of you.The things I hear bring those tears,Of angry words and creeping fears.The av...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:35:00 GMT |
Hammock |
I look out across Manila BayAnother new roomAnother new faceThe madness begins againAnother new dayMy heart begins to raceAs I hang my headAnd think about the things I've doneThe words I've saidThe la...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:21:00 GMT |
Fairy Lights |
The heaving downtown sound glares loudLike the lights on Christmas AvenueThe chill wraps around like a pending cloudOn a mountain with a city viewAnd the sky is falling fastThis afternoon hazy glow wo...
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 13:24:00 GMT |
Ladies and Gentlemen |
It's like I'm living in Las VegasNot that I've ever been thereThe TV Las Vegas in my headSome strange planet based on a circus philosophyClowns and freaksThe clowns and freaks don't get alongAnd I'm n...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:59:00 GMT |
Lava Lamp |
Sometimes I can't breatheHammering these clumsy fists on the too thick icePraying it will open upAnd swallow me back to the warm, solid earthSkin bursts and breaks and blood flowsEscaping the bounds o...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:57:00 GMT |
Terminal |
Too full of nicotine, sugar and caffeineAnd alcoholWired like WolverineA vampire roused from a dreamPorcelain dollSit at the terminal, edgy, unusualAnd dangerousFeeling, so hard to tellBut nothing if ...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:55:00 GMT |
