DESIDERATA Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far … More
Tag: youth
My New Friend
“Hey, kid, where’s your mama?” “At work,” she says. “What about your dad?” “Gone.” I flinch for a moment, wondering … More
J.H.C.
The guy standing next to me at the bar is wearing Joop! Jump. That smell always makes me think of … More
Bones
[Part of the Body Series] Skull: frontal cranial bone: a neat linear fracture: above right eye, below hairline: wish I knew … More
2504
A poem for the 25th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo based on the prompt to write a poem “specific to a season.” … More
Pipe Dream
Shakespeare House, Chaucer Court, Wordsworth House, Coleridge Court… The only way I’ll ever know that I’ve truly “made it” as … More
010218
The idiosyncrasies of mine that were once adorable are now utterly deplorable.
Mugshot
Babes, I think that, from now on, whenever I get so sad that you don’t know what to do with me … More
