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 27, 2021August 1, 2021Nature, Political / Social 208. The overly excited buzzings of bees: drunken estivation. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 23, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 204. Rubbing my nose just to feel another’s touch. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 19, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, To the Masters 200. for RHCP littered mind of faceless monoliths — eyes just mirrors for the sun Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 18, 2021August 1, 2021Political / Social, To the Masters 199. for Connor McGregor You were the GOAT, and earned it, but now you’re just getting punched for money. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 16, 2021August 1, 2021Pandemic, Political / Social 197. for America we worship gods of comfort, prostrating deep-fried idols at their feet Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 15, 2021August 1, 2021Political / Social, Self-Realization 196. I know that if I have one all that it will do is make me want two. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 14, 2021August 1, 2021Moments of Life, Nature, Political / Social 195. “Is it peaceful there?” “Depends if you’re the man, the moon, or the insects.” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 12, 2021August 1, 2021Moments of Life, Political / Social, Self-Realization 193. That awkwardness betwixt this bliss – these pauses between those stares. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 4, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, To the Masters 185. for Kurt Vonnegut So it goes: nothing to be done; enjoy the excrement. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 3, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 184. What are we all waiting for? All our eager eyes bouncing screen to screams. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 2, 2021August 1, 2021Nature, Political / Social 183. All of us but fools: drooling moths drawn to the effervescent glow. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 27, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 178. Useless cacophony drowning out our horrid, existential screams. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 26, 2021August 1, 2021Political / Social, Self-Realization 177. My mind is littered with faceless monoliths — can’t you see them? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 25, 2021August 1, 2021Political / Social 176. In the end, it’s all subjective — even god has its interpretations. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 23, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Nature, Political / Social 174. All the overlapping voices, amidst the sea, amidst the waves, amidst… Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 22, 2021August 1, 2021Nature, Political / Social, To the Masters 173. for Gary Snyder The height of all human accomplishment overshadowed by a leaf. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 19, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 170. Nobody ever changed anything yelling at a flatscreen TV. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 17, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 168. for “progress” Think about it: are we only “happy” because we’re “comfortable?” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 16, 2021August 1, 2021Political / Social 167. for cocaine That excruciating wait to outdo all the others’ death stories. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 13, 2021August 1, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 164. for Jeff Bezos I hate you… but one more item and I qualify for free shipping. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 6, 2021June 8, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 157. for the gas station clerk Another day at work behind the counter. How many, ‘How’s your days’? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 3, 2021June 9, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 154. The blood-thickened ink from our fathers’ drink spills into the centuries. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 22, 2021June 3, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 142. Years can make the background chatter so overwhelmingly oppressive. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 19, 2021June 3, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 139. The only magic left is seeing children see magic. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 17, 2021June 3, 2021Pandemic, Political / Social 137. for Senator Cruz An ulcer’s anal polyp on the Miller High Life — drinking Bud Light. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 16, 2021June 3, 2021Human Condition, Nature, Political / Social, To the Masters 136. for Grant What if it’s all just a simulation? Nothing to do but garden. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 15, 2021June 3, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 135. What’s easier to control than two halves spitting hatred — never whole? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 14, 2021June 3, 2021Moments of Life, Political / Social 134. the whirl of lawnmowers & gasping muscle cars — the Miller high life Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 2, 2021May 3, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 122. for discipline You can’t pick up all the pieces all at once — they’re shattered-everywhere. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 1, 2021May 2, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 121. The human race: all trudging to that age where it could be any day. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 28, 2021May 3, 2021#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 118. for the murdered faded rectangles of cloth hang limp upon the rigid poles Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 24, 2021April 27, 2021"Short Story", Moments of Life, Political / Social 114. Shuffling to the table’s edge, the breakfast — hesitant to meet our gaze. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 22, 2021April 27, 2021Health & Wellness, Nature, Political / Social, To the Masters 112. for Leo Tolstoy If you eat it you should at least have the decency to watch it die. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 15, 2021April 27, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 105. How many thoughts and prayers equal the life of a child? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 9, 2021April 27, 2021#blacklivesmatter, Human Condition, Political / Social 99. Thoughts prayers half-mast flags dreading morning light Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 7, 2021April 27, 2021Human Condition, Pandemic, Political / Social 97. for 2020 It was so easy to hate everyone – red or blue – anything that moved. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 20, 2021April 27, 2021"Short Story", Nature, Political / Social 79. Spring Equinox — the first party of the year stumbles out the window. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 11, 2021March 21, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 70. That “dishwasher empty, floor washed, books alphabetized” type of feeling. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 5, 2021March 7, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 64. Pick and choose what fits your views — truth is malleable clay. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 27, 2021March 7, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 58. all these trivial catastrophes we begrudgingly choke down Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 26, 2021March 7, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 57. Babies dying, earth on fire, and we’re arguing whether it’s a catch. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 23, 2021March 7, 2021Daily Haiku, Political / Social 54. for Rush Limbaugh Skeleton of ash — finally engulfed by your rage fire Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 12, 2021February 13, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 43. for consumerism I can’t say why I hop in my car just to buy… something — anything. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
February 11, 2021February 13, 2021"Short Story", Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 42. wandering sanitized aisles carts full of together alone Love1 Share Tweet Read more
February 8, 2021February 9, 2021Daily Haiku, Political / Social, To the Masters 39. for Tom Brady Achilles alone — death’s last gurgling gasps, the glint of his sunlit spear. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 22, 2021January 23, 2021Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 22. It was a gradual fall — that happened so quickly. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 20, 2021January 22, 2021Daily Haiku, Political / Social, To the Masters 20. for Amanda Gorman Frothing waves of rhyming hope burst from her verse, crash upon the mic. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 6, 2021January 7, 2021#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Political / Social 6. for DJT Some moments can’t be put to poem — stare wide-eyed, suspended disbelief. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 5, 2021January 7, 2021Human Condition, Political / Social 5. for Las Vegas Shuffling through the drug-addled streets of lost-soul dreams, itchin’ for that fix. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 25, 2020December 31, 2020Political / Social 360. for America Nothing says love and hope of salvation better than fake plastic shit. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 22, 2020December 30, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social 357. for America Drinking and wasting away — until the next football game. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 19, 2020December 30, 2020"Short Story", Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 354. She asks ’bout the kids as I add up the tip — both playing our parts. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 17, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 352. Whether blue or red, your ass is still on a couch, screaming at a screen. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 16, 2020December 17, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Moments of Life, Nature, Political / Social 351. A lone phone tower — the sole thing between me, untrodden snow, and zen. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 8, 2020December 14, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social 343. for the college grads You’ll always have the rest of your life to work for the rest of your life. Love0 Share […] Read more
December 5, 2020December 14, 2020Human Condition, Nature, Political / Social, To the Masters 340. for Joy Harjo All are born of bloody history — our pious robes soon sullied. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
December 1, 2020December 14, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social 336. This many lines, these types of rhyme — or none. A good poem is a good poem. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 23, 2020November 26, 2020Human Condition, Nature, Political / Social 328. for homo sapiens one uncovered rock and an entire civilization crumbles Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 8, 2020November 10, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 313. Sip your drink — criticize, think how everyone else needs to change their life. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
November 2, 2020November 3, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social, To the Masters 307. for Alan Moore The watchmen point and laugh as we eat each other, giggly with champagne. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 22, 2020October 23, 2020Daily Haiku, Pandemic, Political / Social 296. for Winnie the Pooh (and American politics) Back and forth, up and down, touch your toes, spin around. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 20, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 294. for Democrats and Republicans “We the People for the People.” Not, “Us the Politicians for us.” Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 9, 2020October 9, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 283. infinite views opposing truths lead us to our Narcissistic selves Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 8, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Political / Social, To the Masters 282. to the fly in Mike Pence’s hair (and Stevie Nicks) Again, poor fly! Frozen in wispy white lies. Landslide. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
October 7, 2020October 8, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Political / Social 281. for Robinson Jeffers and America Place your bets: the marionettes dance-tangled in the strings. Love1 Share Tweet Read more
October 2, 2020October 8, 2020Human Condition, Nature, Political / Social, To the Masters 276. for all the roadkill festering in the sun ground into the ground again and again Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 30, 2020October 1, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Moments of Life, Political / Social 274. for America That moment when you first wake up —still half-lost in a dream. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 26, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social, Self-Realization 270. alcohol— filling the abyss with emptiness until it’s full Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 25, 2020September 27, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social 269. A fat priest denouncing the peril of gluttony. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
September 19, 2020September 27, 2020Daily Haiku, Political / Social 263. for Ruth Bader Ginsburg You exposed the glass house a myth; rather hardened stone. You shattered it just the same. Love0 Share […] Read more
August 29, 2020September 1, 2020Political / Social 242. Look at the puppets: Their plastic hair! Their fake stares! Their wooden clapping! Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 28, 2020August 29, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Political / Social 241. Just remember the vigilantes of the past are now patriots. Love1 Share Tweet Read more
August 27, 2020August 28, 2020Moments of Life, Political / Social 240. The hateful attacks on truth and facts – wilting the trembling roses. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 25, 2020August 28, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Political / Social 238. This is how it ends – Democracy – choking on tear gas in the streets. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 17, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 230. Strike your best pose and be sure to gaze lovingly into the light. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
August 16, 2020August 17, 2020Political / Social, Self-Realization 229. The cackling masses. Myself? I’m laughing along – Narcissus bemused. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 18, 2020July 20, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Daily Haiku, Political / Social, To the Masters 200. for John Lewis I hope that longed-for wave of rhyming history isn’t far behind. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 8, 2020Daily Haiku, Human Condition, Political / Social 190. Every passing person passing judgment – as I pass and pass my own. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
July 7, 2020Daily Haiku, Political / Social 189. All that’s left: vine- covered statues, a great wall keeping nothing out. Love1 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 20, 2020June 23, 2020Political / Social 172. the frenzied roar, suddenly quiet — a crumpled red hat Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 19, 2020June 20, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Political / Social 171. Even after the shackles drop there pervades a lingering pain. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 18, 2020June 18, 2020Political / Social 170. When the fire is set, allegiance can harden like steel. Then again: When the fire is set, allegiance sometimes evaporates like water. […] Read more
June 17, 2020June 17, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Political / Social, To the Masters 169. for Betsy Smith A tree in Brooklyn – gnarled roots and twisted branches – reaching for the hope. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 14, 2020June 20, 2020Political / Social, To the Masters 166. for Percy Shelley and Horace Smith The feet of Ramses; the marble columns of Greece. In time, the White House. Love0 Share […] Read more
June 13, 2020June 20, 2020Political / Social 165. The ones who own the bullets also sell the bandages. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
June 3, 2020June 20, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Political / Social 155. The fire rages and both good sides spew whiskey- hatred gasoline. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 25, 2020June 17, 2020#blacklivesmatter, Political / Social 146. A knee on her neck, America gasps and chokes, begging for breath. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 17, 2020June 20, 2020Political / Social, To the Masters 138. for Jack Gilbert Focusing solely on injustice, we heap praise at the Devil’s feet. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 3, 2020June 20, 2020Political / Social 124. They used to protest, fight for what’s right — we Facebook and call it a night. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
May 2, 2020June 20, 2020Political / Social 123. It’s not “The System” or “The Man,” it’s where we choose to focus our truth. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
April 1, 2020June 19, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social 92. We all blankly watch – the end’s saintly march – from the comfort of the couch. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 31, 2020June 19, 2020Pandemic, Political / Social 91. Whether you watch Fox or CNN, they are still pushing the same drugs. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 27, 2020June 19, 2020Political / Social, To the Masters 87. for Chuck Palahniuk Tyler Durden? Odysseus? […] Read more
March 24, 2020June 19, 2020Political / Social 84. Why don’t we all stay home ’til the people on the screen listen to us? Love0 Share Tweet Read more
March 23, 2020June 19, 2020Political / Social 83. The orange man on the screen screaming, Money trumps your petty little lives. 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
February 17, 2020June 19, 2020Human Condition, Political / Social 48. Drunken bees swaying on our pulpits, sloppily pontificating. 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 30, 2020June 23, 2020Political / Social 30. We watch the screen and silently scream – they take and take, Here – here’s our dreams. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 22, 2020June 16, 2020Political / Social 22. So fortunate we take for granted taking things for granted… Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 19, 2020June 16, 2020Political / Social 19. The world’s moving too fast for anybody to pay attention. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 5, 2020June 16, 2020Political / Social 5. The history of man is a long list of who conquered who and when. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 4, 2020July 2, 2020Political / Social 4. “I’m tired,” she sighed as I bent down to kiss her. It’s catastrophic. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
January 3, 2020June 16, 2020Political / Social 3. The sole difference ‘twixt now and then’s the ease of communication. Love0 Share Tweet Read more
