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Requiem
A Zen inspired poem.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO HAZARD
The stories from Main Street have teeth. They grin and grunt. Today as small town America feels assaulted by Congress and Wall Street, my community feels insulated. We are the end of the road but we are start up. The characters in my book go through trials posed by drugs, alcoholism, and sexual assaults. They muddle [...]
My Big Toe
It’s time to get my feet wet on this board. By big toe is almost in. I am thrilled to be onboard with publicliterature.org. My book was just released yesterday and I am walking on air. Much of my work on Author’s Den gives one an earful of my unique voice. This week, I got a local [...]
Eyes Everywhere
Six eager eyes follow me, three tails gyrate and the middle one called a pure mountain feist nibbles, eats only a few bites. Later as I pack up holiday clutter, her eyes flutter, legs stiffen. All goes blank. Seizures and sickness to delayed house training these unwanted ones take us in, becoming our universe. I [...]
Old Soldier
He welcomes me again. I tell him where I’ve been; he has been nowhere else. And I rest my head and wait in darkness as he talks of pineapple. He recounts Hawaii and every car he ever owned. Veterans linger with memories random as bingo. He asks if I have ever been in a jet. He [...]
A Deeper Blue
My extended family assembled in Pensacola. We came from near and far to celebrate birthdays of great significance. My Dad just turned 80; my stepmother 75. Plans were made to get up around four in the morning on that Saturday. We looked like a bunch of zombies when we came aboard the Lively One II. [...]
My Bridge to Somewhere
Each morning I see the difference. More and more joists and rivets and a river idling by. A river that whispers in this drought and looks skyward. Men that hoist metal with cranes; huddled along train tracks, often leaning on old tires. I cross the old one twice a day. Grooves worn deep. Now, I [...]
A Thousand Points of Darkness
What is on the horizon is not pretty. The seemingly imminent financial crash will be dark and dreary. What we are seeing now, is like a trailer for the movie of this madness. As an artist, I have an insight here. Like everyone else, I offer no good answer, only a parallel. Our brains think [...]
Simple as Sarah
Truth be told, I am nervous about this interview. In a small town, the weekly paper ties folks together like bailing wire. It has ripple effects too. A harsh editorial or article can run you crazy. There is no rock big enough to hide you. So, with trepidation I await my talk about my book [...]
A Thump on the Head
A Thump on the Head We all have those confounding moments. Times when you lock yourself out or lose a coffee mug in the house. Maybe you are like me and can’t type. I took typing in high school and bombed that, just like I blew a typing test for a job. I think my [...]
