Author: admin

In memory of Renee Good The trees were bare, spindly silhouettes threaded out against indigo sky. Fiery gold layers lit the horizon over cold morning water. In this silent majesty, mere moments before color washed to pale and...

I am the keeper of the house. Locking doors, dimming lights. Tossing, turning racing, burning thoughts and visions flaming red. My tired body begs delivery into sleep. Some late nights before bed, when I kiss the soft warm heads...

shades of green pose against dull grey-brown. Sweet maple saplings stand in the woods, their foothold strong and balanced in the deep dark soil. New shoots of poplar have ruptured the forest floor. Through dense thicket, they...

In the race to rejuvenating water we must cross a finish line of eroding life. The final stretch funnels our bare legs, sliding through beach pea vine snares, Pitcher’s thistle pokes, and blackened sand cherry roots, immortally...

spent with Nat King Cole on black & white TV, the oversized turkey so slow-roasted as if days spent under the candles lit on our dining table, undulating, when we all felt special, extra folding chairs, each our own gifts...

It’s not only the snow though its downy drifts linger and sharpen into vast gray slabs. My toes go numb through thick socks, icicles bundled in wool. It’s not only the wind though it shrieks, pricking and biting like glassy...

There’s a mental scrapbook, bulging with sheets of nostalgia. I barely recall these keepsakes, even less what they meant. A former life, ages upon ages hardly missed in time’s shadows. As I leaf through the pages, they fade,...

Inspired by the ancient “Ship of Theseus.” Over years, pieces of the ship were replaced so that none of the original remained. Was it still the same ship? A loving dad and daughter hug, both on the verge of giggles. They know...

after Plath I once placed you up inside my head. Before we met, I knew other men, but replaced them all with you instead. I hung on every word you said or had you repeat again, again. I placed you up inside my head. I went...