The forbidden words are: “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based.” I don’t know about you but I’m not …

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After James Wright Winter, I am walking alone. This place is bare but for the fence posts. Gray, splintered wood, …

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Here is a link to a new poetry journal where you can find one of my poems along with a …

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One wish? I have one wish? Easy, I wish to be Emily Dickinson’s cabana boy.

Once Upon a Time in the American Midwest Black shadows, whitewashed walls, empty silos ripple under the ruins of the sun. …

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American Landscape In a mansion the woman with heart-shaped legs scales the long stairs her intention intact, only to fall …

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“I love the country but I can’t stand the scene.” Leonard Cohen

Oh take away this apathy! Such is the plight of the contemporary American citizen.

Another old poem with a fresh coat of paint… I see poachers testing the freshness of scat, carefully avoiding the …

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I am going to post some older poems I have been editing… My father worked and read. He drank and …

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