Monthly Archives: December 2022

My poem, Mom, is in Issue 9 of call me [ ]—call me [ when you get home] . U of Alabama Creative Writing. Here is the poem: Mom lived to 97on “curl your hair”coffeeand a carton of smokes a … Continue reading →

My poem, Colt 45, is in the current issue of Sheila-Na-Gig. Here is the poem: Colt 45 At six,I shed baby teethso regularlyI whistledwith every word. The third weekof first gradewe hadshow-and-telland the local ragamuffins, captive in their Sunday best,brought … Continue reading →

My poem, Goodbye to all that, is in the current issue of Moria Literary Magazine (Woodbury University). Here is the poem: Goodbye to All That Yesterdaya poppyI planted years agobloomed cream and crimson. Stunning in its regal robesit lorded over … Continue reading →

This is in the December issue of Pennsylvania’s Poetic Voices. Close as I get to truth. Tulips If I declared myselfan optimist,my friends would laughtheir way tocracked ribs. And yet,I spent all afternoonplanting tulip bulbsin the barelyyielding soil. What can … Continue reading →

My poem, Coffee Shop, is in the current issue of Pirene’s Fountain (15,issue 23). Here is the poems. Coffee Shop It was not a hangoutfor either of us,just a coffee shophalf a block from First National,a place to get out … Continue reading →