Summer 1978 (a poem)

I’m in the middle of a phase. Not quite spring cleaning, not quite a purge, but something in between. One of those periods in which I feel compelled to rid myself of the untouched, the unused, the excess. Continue reading

NaPoWriMo 2015, Day 25: The false comfort of five thousand miles (a poem)

2015/04/25

Today’s Writer’s Digest April PAD Challenge prompt is to write an ‘across the sea poem’. One thing I will say for their prompts: They’re not very exciting, but they do give you a lot of latitude…

Sunday mornings at Grandma’s house (a poem)

2015/04/05

Today’s prompt in The Daily Poet by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano is to write a poem that uses I remember to begin each line. I wrote such a poem a few weeks ago, but decided to give this challenge a try nonetheless. This time, I thought back to Sunday morning breakfasts at my grandparents’ house when I was a kid…

Morning at 33-1/3 RPM (a poem)

2015/02/23

Written while listening to a Jackie Gleason box set I picked up at a thrift store for 99 cents… Continue reading

Bow Hill Road (a poem)

2015/01/13

A familiar sight driving north on I-5 towards Bellingham and the Canadian border is the exit sign for Bow Hill Road…

Ordinary Average Thoughts

Confounding expectations since 1963

nostalgia

Summer 1978 (a poem)

Poetry Marathon 2016, Hour Two: Georgia

The third day of rain (a poem)

The Pop Conglomerate (a poem)

Thoughts that keep me from sleeping (a poem)

Overcoming Nostalgia (for lack of a better title)

NaPoWriMo 2015, Day 25: The false comfort of five thousand miles (a poem)

Sunday mornings at Grandma’s house (a poem)

Morning at 33-1/3 RPM (a poem)

Bow Hill Road (a poem)