A Trip Down the Stairs

I lost my train of thought. Oh yes, yes. So she walked over to her husband wearing her marigolds and tapped him on the shoulder (wearing her…


“The Truth for Those Who Refuse to Fear It,” “Premonition/Afterimage,” “Picabia’s Dada Years,” and Other Poems

the truth for those who refuse to fear it song of fists and song of flesh savior w/ his yellow teeth filed down to points and who is it that offers…


“Let Me Gently,” “Like Twilight Edging Out of Day,” and “Of Dream Mags, Little Wins, and Acceptances”

Let Me Gently my father was one of the reasons why i never wanted to become rich my brother & i would sit on the gelid concrete floor to listen…


Tiki

Just as the rainbow trout bites the worm and dances on his line and flops on the deck, a Cocker Spaniel puppy jumps behind the bushes and lands on…


Ice Queen

I miss her golden waves crashed upon my foam-green couch, Her pleated skirts riding up our winter-warm thighs, Slow-motion kissing in the indigo dark…


“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…


“Floating,” “The Eyes of Sharon Tate,” “85% Docility,” and Other Poems

Floating Life less knowledge     Events spooled out and frameless Unreachable, escaping     Like posthumously…


“Death Will Always Exist,” “Field Dressing Fantasy,” and “Body Captivity”

Death Will Always Exist Death might happen all of the sudden whether you want to admit it or not. Then the rest of you will be shattered into pieces…


“Paradise (Let’s Meet in Paradise)” and “Faded”

Paradise Beloved, let's meet in paradise Where there is no hatred nor sadness; a beautiful place For we have served with humanity But nothing in…


“True Believers,” “No Man’s Lands,” “Viewed from Above,” and Other Poems

True Believers “This is going to suck!” Are you old enough to remember when this expression was unused, unsaid, unknown? Claude Rains was still…