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confused crocuses
from Ancient Memories . This morning our low was 37 and we're headed to 53 at some point. Cue the melting...

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Feb 241 min read
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Epistolary Requiem
Yesterday I was surprised by another poem coming out on the Silver Birch Press site! I wrote Epistolary Requiem some time ago, but then...

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Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Taco Bell Quarterly and my Live Más Moment!
So, I finally got my "tiered-rejection" from @TBQuarterly and I can say I made it to the last round! (Work with me here, people.) Today I...

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Jul 24, 20241 min read
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The Pastoral
Thanks to Panoply for accepting The Pastoral and, of course, to CJ for always encouraging me, even when it feels unlikely (if not...

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Jul 9, 20241 min read
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No Matter How Many Times
Can be found on page 47 of the Spring Issue of Peninsula Poets. Thank you, Poetry Society of Michigan!

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Jul 9, 20241 min read
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The Last Two Roses
It’s an early evening in November and I’ve just come from the Armory where this season’s distrust and our perennial hope have grown a...

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Nov 7, 20221 min read
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Cardinal on a Chain-link Fence
from Ancient Memories. Why didn’t I see you bright red spot, perched now above a field of silver-white, in the summer? Is it that you got...

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Feb 6, 20221 min read
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The Lure
Super excited and proud to have The Lure published in the 20th Issue of Panoply! And, as always, thank you for reading!

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Jan 7, 20221 min read
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Let the Clover Grow
Silver Birch Press has published another one of my poems. This one was in response to a call entitled HOW TO HEAL THE EARTH. As always, a...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read
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The Blank Space
for Paul, Kara, DuShon, Dorothy, Pam, Philip, Earl, Chris... What is the promise of the blank space, the empty glass, the bone-white...

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Oct 14, 20211 min read
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Still Wonder
While I slept last night, Silver Birch Press published a poem I wrote called "Still Wonder." They paired it with this painting called...

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May 12, 20211 min read
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Into Your Hands
On our way out to the highway, to pick up some things in town, we cross over fields that hold beans and corn in the summer but now are...

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Apr 4, 20211 min read
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Not Found Poem
This found poem was inspired by the FB post of a friend. Most of the words are his and used with his permission. This is his original...

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Mar 1, 20211 min read
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I am a rock.
Yesterday, CJ reminded me of a mantra I wrote for a story about young people creating their own religion. He was actually using it to...

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Feb 3, 20211 min read
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White Mushrooms
from Ancient Memories After the leaves have dropped, and the wind shifts in from the North, after the pumpkins have all withered on...

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Jan 31, 20211 min read
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January 1st
They predicted rain and then snow and then rain. Inches of each before it was all done, they said. The titmouse and the chickadee spent...

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Jan 1, 20211 min read
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Epistolary Requiem
Hey Mom, You won’t believe what I did today... Remember that pumpkin pie you made, how many years ago now, that you forgot to put the...

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Nov 28, 20201 min read
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Stonewall Inn, June 27, 1999
This poem was published this summer by Silver Birch Press.

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Sep 11, 20201 min read
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During my Department Zoom Meeting
Hummingbirds fight, red-green zips around the feeder with its yellow plastic flowers opening in perpetuity. Turkeys roam in gangs,...

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Aug 12, 20201 min read
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Wiling Away
Can I be too ____ to write these days? Too set, too predictable, too enjambed in my ways, offering too few new words to everyone else,...

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Jun 16, 20201 min read
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