Cherry

the emergency room

at the mission in the Bowery when the addict comes in at night they are ushered through electronic doors that slam shut like a prison echoing down the hall & with few people on staff

I Could've Been a Birch Tree - story

It was a treat to get out and hike, camp and be provided with all equipment and facilities to enjoy our youth through busy-boy activities.

songs that i could die to

there are certainly songs that i could die to melodies so perfect that they command a leaving of reality that they insist upon the inability to feel pain that they conjure up the beauty within &

supervision taken to its logical conclusion

supervision taken to its logical conclusion one of those flies circling round the bug zapper like there was no tomorrow moving closer & closer zooming in, zooming out

Seasons

Spring and Summer, fall and withers, the winds of time blow Autumn leaves, a crisp white lawn shelters snowdrops and the ball rolls again and again and again...

Dear Barking Dog

Dear barking dog at the end of the street, I hate you. I don’t know who you are, or which house you live in, but I hate you just the same.

Expecting

An awkward encounter

Thoughts on poetry.

At the moment I am working on an essay entitled what is the main contribution made by the chorus in a burial at Thebes; written by Seamus Heaney.

A Snake Story (137 words)

A story my son repeated at bedtime, the joy of his youth speaking to my soul. Who am I to question the innocence of his sharing,

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