January 1, 2022
“The Point: An Interactive Poem,” “See,” “Crime of Nature,” and Other Poems
The Point: An Interactive Poem So here’s the point: · That was the point. I…
December 28, 2021
A Song Can Speak
A Song can speak both for And To you Alice Blue Gown for my mother Or better yet Some version Of the song Written for---she who became our…
December 26, 2021
Re-Death
Returning home after a tiring day; The drizzling, The disorienting neon lights, The drivers who shout from their cars When I cross the road without…
December 25, 2021
Ancestry
I am German (paternal side) and Pennsylvania Dutch (maternal side.) My mother told me that my paternal grandparents who came to America from Germany…
December 22, 2021
“Fentanyl Fucks So Good,” “On the Cenotaph for Small Fates,” “Checking in on Tom Sawyer,” and “The Last Prophecy of Nostradamus”
Fentanyl Fucks So Good The Somalis brought it. I don’t know where they got it. They’re coming in from Edmonton, driving slow at 3am. They are coming…
December 21, 2021
“Millstones,” “Medic,” and “Castor Oil”
Millstones "Why worry about a speck in your brother’s eye when you have a plank in your own?" Matthew 7:3 What if beside the plank in your eye…
December 19, 2021
“Red-Letter Day,” “Report from the Mother Ship,” “Havana, 1953,” and Other Poems
Red-Letter Day In the audiologist’s waiting room, I read an article about a “detectorist,” a Welsh school custodian whose metal detector signaled a…
December 15, 2021
“The Sri Lankan Hangman,” “Don’t Shoot the Politicians,” and “Tomfoolery”
The Sri Lankan Hangman In the paper today, tucked away on page nine, Sri Lanka is bringing back the death penalty. The president advertised for a…
December 12, 2021
“Anguish Longwedge,” “Way to be Free,” “Happiness on Wheels,” and “Substance”
Anguish Longwedge Sit my nuts on a tee. Select a nine-iron. Smack the sack over the roof, beyond the blackberries, into…
December 11, 2021
“Lust,” “The Stunt of the Plagiarist,” “I Am Free!,” and “Hierophant”
translated by Gabor Gyukics Lust (Tarot, Major Arcana XI.) I…