Monthly Archives: July 2026

Komorebi KomorebiI take the paththrough the oak groveas quiet as a Sunday morning.It’s all uphill,and I am as drenchedas a child after baptism.The dappled lightfiltered through the leaveshas me stunned—paintedneither dark nor light,words fail it.Is thatthe originof the holy?

In the current issue of the Write Launch SaudadeOne last tripon the New Lots Linethat trundles upfrom its tunneljust as the Brooklyn neighborhoodsturn to Brownsville,turn to near ruin.The train takes the 90 degreecurve on 98th Street—where my uncleand aunt once … Continue reading →

SaudadeOne last tripon the New Lots Linethat trundles upfrom its tunneljust as the Brooklyn neighborhoodsturn to Brownsville,turn to near ruin.The train takes the 90 degreecurve on 98th Street—where my uncleand aunt once lived,and where the train’s screech mightwake the deador … Continue reading →

I have a poem in the current issue of PA’s Poetic Voices. Here is the poem: MUDDERI got 20 to 1on that donkey—Muddy Waters,who hadn’t placedin three yearsand is rapidlyheading to gluetown.It was my last fiveand I’d have to hita … Continue reading →