Climate Change
Jogging uphill
during the first week
of Spring I pick a scene
for you:
native frangipani,
nasturtiums, no, freesias
out of verge-grass thick
with honey;
bees worry
fireweed left behind… Read more
Adult
Finding The Way Somewhere
There is someone we could ask but they left
Early this morning to beat traffic. We heard gears
Groaning, classifying what type of sound and evidence
To expect as the … Read more
Phoenix Summer 2023
My feet are burning like sausage in a skillet
with eggs, sunny side up,
I poured my coffee early, but I can’t enjoy the aroma or warmth,
so I let … Read more
A Dickens Of A Time
Please sir, may I have some more
Air cover, tanks, defense systems,
Handshakes in good faith, a strong
Message of support? May I come,
Cap in hand and all that,… Read more
Canada in My Lungs Today
She’s thick and hazy,
wood-burnt, hot.
Her red dot sun, an angry eye.
The leafy dress of her flaring,
fanning out in flames, licks
the edge of sky, laps desperate… Read more
You are the eyes that see and dream
You see things in front of us:
The little big things that fill our lives,
Yet you dream of different ways of being
That we will never live to see.… Read more
Man Of The Moment
It’s truly the time of our lives,
the age of the besuited bureaucrat
the middle-class white male
middling this and middling that
geographically limited,
culturally limited,
intellectually bereft
darling of … Read more
I still have a New Hampshire phone number
so the calls have been coming in for months. Even
before he officially declared the candidacy. I never
answer them when I see the Florida area codes. I do
listen … Read more
Eratication
Rat crime is rampant in New York City,
and a crackdown has come that isn’t pretty.
Trash can no longer go out before eight,
but for many small businesses, that … Read more
Empty Folders
No prior Prez has smuggled docs,
concealed in boxes among his junk,
containing so much secret stuff,
and now they’re seized, he’s in a funk.
He claims the docs belong … Read more