Always seeking, my heart knows not what, wondering what's coming next a breath or two, heartbeats cry out to me, "get going, g...

Steroids save my life, stop the fantasies of giving up, prevent me from the anguish of pain return to me the skill of ambulation. ...

We are born for wonder, for joy, for hope, for love, to marvel at the mystery of existence, to be ravished by the beauty of the w...

What is a poem? I still don’t know. In some ways, I don’t care. For me, it can be a phrasing of words touching something inside making...

Do you remember how your grandmother gardened? What about her grandmother before her? Or was gardening in her generation considered “un-lady...

Today, I drove into parking lot at my doctor's office which overlooks the cemetary. I've always thought it odd his office should be ...

Many times  I've looked across  the crowd you were there, eyes anticipating, smiling. I want to be held supported by you, caressed, k...

Covering the seed of my memories, she is buried at the bottom of my heart, where the blood has turned brown like dark rich humus; the bab...

My best friend Patrick came to visit me the night mumps had taken him away. I didn't understand the dream until Billy announced it...

I've written all my life in some form or another, not realizing there was something I could "do" with my writing for quite s...

Rain arrives with gifts for tree. Clear moist spheres embrace branches, cling to buds, then fall away with farewell kisses. Rain lov...

One of my friends, a Philosopher/Physicist and author of String Theory for Dummies, Andrew Jones, made a statement at the turn of the year t...

Doesn't matter which one it is. If only we could wear them all the time. Kids wear their pajama bottoms everywhere. Why not we? Oh,...

My father would have been 95 years old on Sunday. I thought about it for a moment, then blocked my mind. "Don't go there," I...

I have a lemon tree growing in my front yard, that produces the most delicious lemons. These are a special breed of lemons called Meyer le...