it’s often on effortless days arriving with a perceivable whiff like a fountain of jasmine spilling over the garden wall and departs just...

a ripe peach woke me last night crying out with her fragrance my nose stirred which pried the salt seal from my eyes she’s hungry I...

I miss the hugs our hands do the ones that start with palms touching before fingers rally and grip the backsides what each injects...

I can’t see any clear strategy to this game of life my pieces move around the board not looking for checkmate a winning score or even...

may your sweet tears find cups to fill that laughter can get drunk on

God carved this complex universe taking a few stiff drinks near the end just so He could beat the 6 day deadline which explains why we...

while piloting my early work into subtle regions of space where the elite thinkers and mystical heavyweights hung out there was a ruckus...

With the 62” TV a mere 48 from her double-egged nest in the potted palm, a hummingbird sits with the best view for each evening’s...

I use the moon’s help and a friend’s slip-of-the-tongue to prick the bluest vein and let my ears pick pocket two precious nouns between a...

cloud script in the sky floating into its first draft needs a metaphor

I wouldn’t keep insisting life pose while I sketch one more portrait with my words that I could someday throw away my pen and tag along...

trying to piece together life’s jigsaw puzzle