2nd-Chance Letter
Did you get my letter, its heart-stickered envelope with no return address? Did it arrive? Did you take it inside? Did you guess? When you pulled out the yellow page…
Off the Path
Dragging shards of my heart across rooted wrists of the forest, birds all singing sad songs under-toe rip me through the chorus, make me mimic the notes yanked through the…
Hope Is War
Hope is slow toxic spoonful of sugar candy arsenic sulfur-spark smoke after lighting a wick Hope is narcotic, brain powers, wishes pennies, clovers hope is a charming disappointment Last drop,…
Binding Spells
Are we the alchemy of your stones, blood, and sonorous sorcery? Or are we sixteen strands of your hair wound and nine-knotted around the wish-imbued paper I set ablaze in…
“Last Word” featured today for Read+Write Poetry!
My poem “Last Word” is featured in the Cuyahoga County Library’s Read+Write Poetry event for National Poetry Month. Stop by to give it a read and then leave a few…
Annual Remembrance of Ed Carman: What Was Him
Today, I remember my brother, who died in Iraq in 2004. 21 years. 21 years without Edward Carman. What Was Him Every day at 4:17… I remember what was him:…
“Happy Place” Limited-Time Discount for eBook and Audiobook
Hello, my friends! For a limited time, the “Happy Place” ebook and audiobook are on sale for $2.99 at most major retailers! eBook Audiobook Find links for print (paperback and…
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