“Under the Southern Cross,” “On a Beach in Bali,” “A Man’s Thoughts at 30,000 Feet,” and “To Prove Joy in Other Ways”
Under the Southern Cross The Southern Cross hovered over the city of Brisbane, even the spreading suburbs, Alpha Crucis, Beta, Delta, Gamma and…
“To Make My Morning Complete,” “Storms Are My Horizon,” “The Wave,” and Other Poems
To Make My Morning Complete Sun woke me this morning shrugged my shoulders with brightness, though it failed to do the same for you--- I couldn’t…
“After School,” “From Then Until Now,” “Cronies,” and “A Class Called Poetry 101”
After School In the afternoon, when our class let out and the last sniffling little girl, and bullying overgrown boy had left, I would stay at my…
“Blues in D,” “Pooling,” “Floating Woman,” and Other Poems
Blues in D D for destruction? D for demoralized? Can’t decide which blues. Maybe it’s the no-room-in-the-city blues. Or a…
“The Ballad of Frankie,” “Oasis,” “Vultures,” and “A Morning in June”
The Ballad of Frankie I can tell you what I know and what I don’t know. I couldn’t see inside his head so nothing going on in there was ever going to…
“Poetry vs. Tech,” “The Equation on the Blackboard,” “Last Ride,” and Other Poems
Poetry vs. Tech I'm surrounded by technology--- the wonders of disinterring all four Beatles so they can play a concert in my living room or…
“The Poetry Mistress and the Flesh and Blood Wife,” “Marrying a Man with Children,” “Esmeralda,” and Other Poems
The Poetry Mistress and the Flesh and Blood Wife Even when I dream, she wants my body. Such a slut, she doesn't care that my wife is sleeping soundly…
“Table for One Gator,” “Love Sick Etc.,” “Spider-Man in the Park,” and Other Poems
Table for One Gator A ridge of gray breaks the surface of brown water--- a stillness like cypress roots--- two nostrils blink like eyes, suck in the…
“When There’s Killing,” “Don’t Wake Me,” “The Stopwatch Writes,” and Other Poems
When There's Killing He knows it's not a fairytale world in which pigs dance, cows sing. He's grown into his father's toughness and his wile's…
“A Young Woman Contemplates Jumping,” “Welcome to the Future,” and “Snow White Redux”
A Young Woman Contemplates Jumping I intend to fall but I must not. I’m on a ledge of a bridge looking down at the water but am I really at the edge…
