Announcement The Western Sky (Haiku Collection) 8 Oct 20268 Oct 2026 The Western Sky: American Haiku About fifty years ago, I first encountered haiku, and was profoundly moved. In my impetuous way back then, I attempted to write some, without truly…
Announcement… “For the Sun Will Rise” 28 Apr 2026 A poem, published in Backchannels; it treats of the disconnect between our social, technologize lives and the larger world that sustains us. The stanzas are based on the Japanese tanka,…
Author post… Poem for a Morning (1) 16 Apr 2025 A short poem in the form of a tanka...our days being what they are.... behind tall buildingscolors seep into the nightmeanwhile from the westclouds drift towards a timid dawnit is…
Announcement… Two Poems: “Kip’s Diner” and “Apertures” 10 Aug 202410 Aug 2024 Two longish narrative poems of mine have just been published in Modern Literature: "Kip's Diner" and "Apertures," linked by a common central character, Mr. Carter, a button merchant in downtown…
Announcement… “Junkyard” 10 Jan 202411 Feb 2026 "Junkyard" is a poem, not a story, the usual disquisition on mortality explored through the metaphor of a junkyard. In fact, inspired by actual, if casual, junkyards I encountered while…
Author post… “Be Like the Tide” 28 Jul 2023 Every now and then, I'll publish something here, just to share. And since I've endured something of a dry spell, with not much new work published recently, todays'a good time…
Announcement… “The Garden” 1 Jul 20231 Jul 2023 My longish narrative poem, "The Garden" has just appeared in the Summer 2023 issue of Gyroscope. The poem is set in a community garden in a neglected neighborhood of Los…
Announcement… “Three Poems”…. 28 Mar 202328 Mar 2023 Three of my poems have just been published in print rag Awakenings Review. They are: "Ghost in the Window" "The Air like Water" "Between the Walls" Written at various times,…
poem “The Streetcorner at Dawn” 13 Aug 202215 Aug 2022 I am going to "sacrifice" the poem I wrote this morning and post it here, which means that I won't be able to offer to a journal or magazine, since…
Author post Summertime Blues 21 Jun 2022 Even I have noticed that I haven't posted for a while, though there has been a little news. However, I've been distracted not only by the generally miserable state of…
