A New Year’s Poem
Resolutions Written Rains lift leaving silky sky. Sage scent fills air. Manzanita, oaks, pines call to me. Cool stroll, wool […]
Mother Earth
Mother Earth How are you doing now that we’ve plundered your gifts to us? Fires, floods render flora, fauna, humans desiccated,
Prose Poem – Quarantine Visitor
Quarantine Visitor A plump lizard basks on my San Diego patio in the quiet summer sun. “Hello,” I whisper. Her
Truth – My Word for 2022
Last Christmas as usual, I randomly closed my eyes and chose one of my angel cards to determine what my
Trixie the Yorkie Mixie
It had been a few years since I’d said goodbye to my beloved beagle-basset Lucy and thought it might be
Day of the Dead Poem
There are Lonely Cemeteries (after Pablo Neruda) but not in Romerillo, Chiapas, on Day of the Deadwhen colossal chrysanthemums cover
1960s Family Bar-B-Q
Leslie banged plastic keys on her highchair’s tray. My brothers Todd and Sandy, heaved lemons from our tree at each
It’s Jacaranda Time!
Fleeting Beauties Along San Diegospring sidewalksjoyful jacarandasburst luscious lavender blooms.Before long they fade wrinklefall crushed beneathfeet to elicit perfume bittersweetuntil