October 2019 – RIP
Eighty minutes of light went south of the border Trump thinks “Ya know, if we just had the wall.!!” I fear the night,...
Go West, Man
Ashland, Oregon is a community awash with creative people: writers, actors, musicians, painters, sculptors, etc. How could I stand out here? What could...
Let It Rain
Photo by Scott Olson I end this month of poetry with the lyric to a song I wrote years ago. It is unrecorded...
Words and Rhyme
Abu Malek, chemical attack survivor, in the Ghouta town of AinTarma, Syria. Photo by Reuters. Words In full throat we once cried plaintive...
Jesus and Satan Out on the Plains
Jesus and Satan Out on the Plains Jesus and Satan out on the plains both of them living on long-ago fame They got...
Travelin’ Boy – Part Two
Travelin’ Boy – Part Two Previously on “Travelin’ Boy”: About to accede to the Lord’s employ I was seized and tossed like a...
Travelin’ Boy – Part One
Travelin’ Boy – Part One I grew up in Iowa knew I was a guy in love with any place the other side...
The Atchison Topeka
The Atchison Topeka The Atchison Topeka – midnight round farm girl sleepin’ she hears the sound slips into dreams, she’s the engineer locomotive...