Although my background includes Finnish, Irish, and a few other things, as an American, none of that has ever really been part of my identity…
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Words are more important now (a poem)
Thinking about how things have changed these last couple of years or so…
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A brief rumination on the meaning of a flag (a poem)
Today’s prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano is to write a poem for Flag Day. Although the prompt suggests writing specifically about the American flag—and I did keep that in mind—I concerned myself more with the meaning of flags in general, because the meaning of a flag can shift for any number of reasons…
‘Did you find everything you needed?’ (a poem)
My latest musings on an oddly quiet Tuesday morning…
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The Beatles haiku (a poem)
For the record, I like The Beatles…
Vignettes (a poem)
A series of vignettes on this early morning…
The invitation (a poem)
A friend of mine invited me to lunch, which involves me going to a place I haven’t been since before my last big panic attack…
Q&A: Why publish? (Part 2)
Another look at this one…
Ordinary Average Thoughts 