Your love is a necklace that lays upon my heart, its light a solid beacon that only you and I can see. It is how […]
National Haiku Day
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April 17 is National Haiku Day and since today’s PAD prompt was to write a “nerve poem”, I decided to celebrate by using haiku to […]
The Space of a Heartbeat
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The old will tell you life goes by in the blink of an eye. They are not wrong, but we don’t see that until our […]
The Ballad of the Harp-weaver
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I tried to get you in the poetry mood at the beginning of the month with a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and since […]
My Mother’s Spaghetti Sauce
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People who know me well, know that I’m not a big fan of Italian food. I don’t hate it, it’s just that I’m not a […]
How is the Hardest Question
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How is the hardest question. Not who, not what, not when, not where. Why can be difficult too, but I still think it’s how. When […]
Running With Wild Horses
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With pen in hand I try to pen my thoughts into manageable spaces, like a rancher corrals unbroken horses. I come close to closing the […]
Taboo Tabu
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My mother rarely wore perfume, opting mostly for soap and water clean. Now and then she would get a small bottle of some flowery scent […]
The Cat in the Fish Tank
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The orange tabby cat channels his inner wildcat as he studies the new addition to his environment. The creatures who serve him have brought in […]
Love Is Not All
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It’s no joke that tomorrow is April Fool’s Day, but it’s also the beginning of Poetry Month. As usual, I’ll be attempting the PAD (Poem […]
