• TV Light Makes My Black Tea Blood Red

    There is a call to action. And then there is the complete paralysis of disbelief.

  • Poetry Pea Journal Autumn 2021 is out!

     I am beyond thrilled! My haiku appears in the Poetry Pea Journal (Autumn 2021 issue). The list of haijin in this journal is phenomenal. It is a veritable list of who’s who of English haiku today.  And the haiku! So beautiful, some of them would make your heart sing or give you goosebumps.  Find it…

  • Quo vadis?

        Quo Vadis? Muscles ripple through gleaming skin Beads form and sweat trickles Down a furrowed brow. Each move shows the ache In the overstretched sinew From the strain of the oar And the burden of your toils What keeps you going, traveler? What heartache pumps your blood? What keeps you rowing, sailor? What…

  • New adventures…

    Earlier this year, after the Poetry Marathon, so beautifully led by Caitlins Elizabeth Jans, I was drawn into Japanese poetry forms. It started with a Ziuhitsu that was a prompt provided by Jacob Jans during the marathon. As I researched this form, I realized that my haikus were far from what a haiku really is.…

  • Back to the quill

    …at least on blog. I’ve been writing but no blogs, somehow it kept slipping. But  back to communicating with the world, back to baring my thoughts. Some things need persistenceSome things need time Some things need … … guts.