Monthly Archives: March 2024

You will find the stars blinking out soon and you will discover that darkness is all that will cover the night the day and everything in between on your world. Your life will be a smaller one filled with no … Continue reading →

Don’t make me do it. You know how hard it is for me. Don’t put this on my head. Don’t force my hand, please. Don’t, don’t… All right, fine, if I must, I’ll make the declaration: Please, don’t go.

When you next come to town we’re gonna party like it’s last Spring. I’ll spring into action cleaning up the place so you won’t have to lift a finger. When you next come to town we’ll talk about all of … Continue reading →

I used to make a point to deviate from the norm – whatever norm I could think of. I don’t do that quite so much now. I don’t know if it’s because I’m older, more mature, or because maybe I … Continue reading →

These days I own one pair of prescription glasses at a time like a beggar. This is most unwise. What happens when my only pair of glasses breaks? I have to go to a pharmacy and steal a pair of … Continue reading →

I wish I could lead a poetry seminar but having written “What I Don’t Know About Poetry,” I think I’ve given away the game. The piece admits that I don’t know a LOT about poetry and though I write a … Continue reading →

Endlessly we plod, inch after step after block after ave after mile. It takes a while, but we’re getting somewhere. We view sites familiar and among them, places unusual and exciting. The city has changed dramatically since we last made … Continue reading →

Just in case you’re interested, there’s a whole new suite of poems (of mine) that were written a while ago that now apply to you. Of course, in turn, there is also another bunch of poems (again, of mine) that … Continue reading →

Under the bridge they are awarding metals metals that are brighter than gold brighter and more valuable and heavier but will make a citizen’s career so you carry the weight home or as far as you can during the quiet … Continue reading →

This has probably never been brought up but I have it on good authority that Carly Simon had an amalgam of characters in mind when composing "You’re So Vain." Kind of a letdown, huh? In any case, just so you … Continue reading →