August 1, 2021Daily Haiku, Favorites, Political / Social, To the Masters 213. for Ray Smith and Japhy Ryder Backpacks of abandoned dreams beneath organs of discarded plastic. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 24, 2021August 1, 2021Favorites, Human Condition, Moments of Life, Nature 205. under the moonless sky my only friends the raindrops Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 8, 2021August 2, 2021Favorites, Nature 189. “Midnight rain, pull up a chair… I’ll be here awhile.” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 6, 2021August 2, 2021"Short Story", Favorites, I was there..., Moments of Life, Nature 187. Bats flitting through the raindrops. The pings, amidst the trees — a gentle gray. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 2, 2021March 7, 2021"Short Story", Favorites, Moments of Life 61. Half your face sheathed in shadow — the other bathed in waning night. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 30, 2021January 31, 2021"Short Story", Daily Haiku, Favorites, Moments of Life 30. A plastic red wagon sits idle, waiting for nap time to end Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 19, 2021Daily Haiku, Favorites, Moments of Life 19. Still bee on my windowsill — on to honey springs Love1 Share Tweet Read more
January 12, 2021January 13, 2021"Short Story", Daily Haiku, Favorites 12. Doll, half-naked, unblinkingly reflecting the empty room — spilt tea. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 31, 2020January 3, 2021Daily Haiku, Favorites, Human Condition, Moments of Life, Nature 366. Under the empty sky, my mind grows still — the new moon Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 30, 2020January 3, 2021Daily Haiku, Favorites 365. We’re just little starships humming across time and space — whispers in the void Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 25, 2020October 30, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Moments of Life 299. A plastic red wagon sits idle, waiting for nap time to end Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 5, 2020September 6, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Nature 249. Morning steam lingers lazily on the concrete —souls on Lethe’s shore. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 3, 2020September 3, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Human Condition 247. To my father So deep in the sand that you no longer miss anything but the light Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 26, 2020August 28, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Human Condition 239. It’s really just one big wave washing over eternity Love1 Share Tweet Read more
July 13, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Nature 195. This midnight heat ripples the moonlight — a stone-faced toad Love1 Share Tweet Read more
July 12, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites 194. silly man, silly man, sit at the front of the bar to be seen by the world Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 11, 2020July 20, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Moments of Life, To the Masters 193. for Jack Kerouac night still-lonely — flick’ring candles dancing with the shadows on the page Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 10, 2020"Short Story", Daily Haiku, Favorites 192. “You have to let go,” she whispered, sun obscuring her to silhouette. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 9, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Nature 191. Oh how many minds have been illuminated along this riverbank? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 6, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Political / Social 188. At least Nero fiddled a song as Rome burned to the ground at his feet. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 4, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Political / Social 186. Frozen hot dogs ecstatically waiting to be grilled in Freedom’s name. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 29, 2020June 29, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Moments of Life 181. A freshly picked book from among the stacked cluster – ripe with unread page. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 28, 2020June 29, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, To the Masters 180. for Orpheus “Was it worth it,” I ask, “losing her to make the Gods weep with your song?” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 24, 2020June 24, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Moments of Life, Nature 176. A young girl just noticed the lonely persimmon tree outside her window. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 22, 2020June 22, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Nature 174. Darkness trees. The acid leaves – glittering in brilliant shadows. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 21, 2020June 22, 2020Daily Haiku, Favorites, Nature, To the Masters 173. reading Basho in the rain – raindrops reciting him back Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 12, 2020June 20, 2020"Short Story", Favorites, Nature, To the Masters 164. for Mary Oliver “Please stop ascribing your pathetic fallacies on me,” piped the rose. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 8, 2020June 20, 2020"Short Story", Favorites 160. Ebb and flow. A tug and a pull. Yesterday, so bleak, today so full. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 23, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Nature 144. The mother sparrow nests impatiently, forcing a daydream. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 19, 2020June 20, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 140. I’m back on track… to getting back on track. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 8, 2020June 20, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 129. I’m my own judge, jury, and executioner — and I plead the fifth. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 6, 2020June 20, 2020Favorites, Nature 127. Underneath the birds and leaves carpenter bees […] Read more
April 24, 2020June 20, 2020Favorites, Human Condition 115. At this point even the lies are lies, lying atop each other. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 17, 2020June 20, 2020Favorites, Human Condition, Nature 108. Buzz! Buzz! Look at all these busy bees! Sipping nectar, eating cheese! Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 8, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Human Condition, Nature 99. for Jack Gilbert Added together, the sum of all the suns still know nothing of spring. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 3, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Nature, To the Masters 94. for Jack Kerouac The mourning dove sings awake the melancholy morning. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 30, 2020June 19, 2020"Short Story", Favorites 90. She answers back, “Loss seems like the trade-off for good a lot of the time.” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 26, 2020June 19, 2020"Short Story", Favorites 86. I read the note you gave me in front of David; glanced behind me – once. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 25, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Human Condition 85. Life’s but a squirrel world; running ’round the nut-strewn ground, prepping for winter. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 22, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Political / Social 82. How fragile life is – our grand mansions and castles – built on shifting sands. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 20, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Human Condition 80. we poison ourselves to feel more alive we poison ourselves Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 11, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Nature 71. Even stars hunger to devour one another. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 9, 2020June 19, 2020"Short Story", Favorites, To the Masters 69. for Jack Kerouac Splashed madness walls of dripping paint […] Read more
March 6, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Human Condition 66. and – one day – that unbelievable moment comes — to our disbelief Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 2, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 62. Maybe some day I’ll just do it — and even I’ll be surprised by me. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 25, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 56. The poet who produces naught – prisoner in a dream. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 20, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 51. What is it inside of me that always wins the fight against myself? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 5, 2020June 19, 2020Favorites, Political / Social 36. After all the words, we’re still just monkeys throwing shit. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 31, 2020June 17, 2020Favorites, Self-Realization 31. It was a gradual fall – that happened so quickly. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 11, 2020June 16, 2020Favorites, Moments of Life 11. The coming morning slowly dissolves the slinking shadows on the walls. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 2, 2020June 16, 2020Favorites, Human Condition 2. Cavemen at fires felt happy and sad… we just have more words than they had. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 1, 2020June 16, 2020Favorites, Human Condition 1. When we have plenty food, shelter, and water – the gold begins to gleam. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
