rarely remembered                               until it returns the first taste waves calm through my shoulders, my heels, a foot above my head, bursts body bright body… Read More »Poem: Half —– Raw

A post to document my yard efforts in February, 2019. Lily guards two-year-old asparagus. I’ve planted some more babies, so maybe in two years we’ll… Read More »Spring Gardening Photo Tour

How many stories employ a dusty trunk (or jewelry box, legal boxes, etc.) to spark action? From Little Women to The Lake House, characters find… Read More »Deus ex trunk (or trunchina)

When you learn that spices have expiration dates, so you check a years-old bottle of “Italian” spice to find that it expires tomorrow.

Aquia Harbour Subdivision Lot #2083. Ago, my father—I assume it was he—trimmed the loose wire fence at the lot’s rear, Accessing infinity We wore sneakers… Read More »Eine Kleine Ecopoetry

The brick outside the washed leaf and swirl molding Into the stoop Of the past                                                 And memories, Not wisdom nor regrets nor snow Although… Read More »Long poem “It’s What Passes” (2017)

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower Here is the schedule for… Read More »Squadron Training Officer plans campout