Writing update: Yesterday I finished another story, which means I’m that much closer to having the collection finished (still thinking by mid-month). The new piece, “Mother’s Little Helper” was also written in anticipation of the birth of baby Luella sometime in the next couple of weeks. Technically, the baby is due Sept. 17, but all [...]

A couple of quick updates since it’s been a week…
Beck-umentary momentarily (I hope)
I still haven’t gotten the footage back from Beck’s people. While I’m waiting by my inbox hoping for the email to come, I realize that Beck and Co. are busy doing a major multi-month tour and these things take time. Still, here’s to [...]

As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been inundated with a few contest entries of late. As a general rule, I don’t enter a lot of writing contests, or rather, I’m quite picky about the ones I do enter.* Just as with submitting work anywhere, I chose to research and think about what I’m sending [...]

her eyes are my favorite time of day
hair pirouettes across her
face accenting ears
nose and lips
a stray curl tightroping
directly above
the palindrome of
my love for her as i
kiss a soft poem from
halo-to-sole
my lips a return trip locomotive
departing from her eyes
w/ stops at
the forehead
nostrils
mouth
nape
chest
around to sides
and up the branches of
her arms
and back to front
the pit of her belly
buttoning [...]

Spent sometime recording a new version of my old poem “Refugees” (commonly known as “Jazz Refugees”). When I wrote it years ago I wanted to have some friends add backing music to it, but it never materialized. While I’ve performed it with a improvisational jazz band on a few occasions at open mic nights, I’ve [...]