Writing
2026
The First Last Kiss
A slight haze blurred the skyline, and the expanse of lights faintly reflected in the wall-sized…
Debaser
“You’re here because you’re dead.” The clerk at the hotel desk, dressed in a red uniform…
Duty
The downstairs den glows with late-night TV.My mother settles into Doctor Zhivagoafter a day of caring…
A Forgotten Christ
On “Christ Cleansing the Temple”, Wood by El Greco, c. 1570We surely must follow Christ, learn…
Stumbling, Pitfalls, and Spells
‘Yo no creo en brujas, pero que las hay, las hay’(Galicia’s cruel saying)There was a thief…
Boots
The same sun scorched downtown Los Angeles that had seared the Iraq desert. Army Private First…
As Shadows Slide Away
When you look for my voice, find itin my poem in slightly accented speech,a Nordic inflextion,…
Elision
Being an erudite endomorph, I simulaate earth,thus engender effulgence, a kind of ozoneI believe is not…
Visions
Another day of doom prophesy,but my candle glows and warmsconfidently as the flame reaches upward,
THE SPIDER
It all started when I tried to drownthe spider. Or moments before, when I hearNana’s simmered…
THE DAY GIVEN
Breakfast finished, I ask mom what she wantsfor lunch. She assumes this is only out of…
Gluegun
Draining in bucket of othersMixed craftly, tirelessly with palms and lip-droolof your design, by my allowance
Winter Looks Familiar Until It Breaks You
At the hospital, the nurse paused my husband’s gurney at the kissing corner, where, drug-sleepy, he…
Old Stories
Have you heard the one about the woman who went hiking / running / walking /…
What They Left Behind
The day after the phone companyjackhammered the asphalton this neighborhood street,