Upon learning that my state has an anti-abortion bill in committee that not only bans abortion from the moment of conception but also declares the state exempt from federal laws and federal court rulings, it’s time to repost this. (I have replicated my subsequent edits, so this version matches the one included in my newest collection of poems.) [Update 5/17/19: I received a reply from my state senator; the bill never received a hearing in committee, and is dead, since the 2019 legislative session has been adjourned.]
poetry
Misdirections (a poem)
I wrote this earlier this evening while at a poetry reading…
Haze of the last of the day (a poem)
Putting out fires in my dreams now, apparently…
Women of my dreams (a poem)
I have some really weird dreams sometimes…
Jazz Renegades gone rogue (a poem)
True story about a CD I ordered on eBay. USPS got the package on May 2nd; it has yet to make it any farther west than Detroit. I’m on the west coast…
Initial entries in a catalogue of contradictions (a poem)
Not too keen on this one yet either (I’ve been in copy editing mode today), but it’s all true.
Hope and consequences (a poem)
Not satisfied with this one, but I’m feeling really sleepy, and not inclined to do any more this evening.
Bookstore Poem #593
The saga continues…
Minutiae of May (a poem)
One of those ‘day in the life’ things.
Bookstore Poem #575. In which I go to the post office three times within 30 minutes
I think I’ve stumbled upon a series with this ‘undisputed king’ thing…
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