Layoffs Coming Next Week
Everyone knows. Layoffs are coming and rumor has it next week is the big reveal. The managers assure us the best people will keep their jobs, …Read the poem
Category: Poetry
Shock and Awe
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know…Read the poem
The Hills of the Central Coast
Under a raspberry haze, row after row of the smooth-sanded hills of the Coast Range compress into a flat two-dimensional view. Except for the accidental live oak here and there, bare grassland is all I see. …Read the poem
Oneonta Hills
Dad was a ham radio hobbyist earning his first license at 14. It was a happy time for meRead the poem
[tanka]
double-clicking the Events folder our first kiss remembering your touch and the tilt of your faceRead the poem
Murph, the Butcher
One of the Ms at the M&M Market on Huntington Drive in the early 1950s was Murph, the butcher. Dad was a meat and potatoes kind of guy, …Read the poem
Dorm Room Bull Session
Romans 6:1-11Read the poem
Hap
A lost transcript was the beginning of a life-altering event when I hoped to go to the University of Oregon. I enrolled instead at a smaller school in Idaho. Little did I know this course correction …Read the poem
Thomas the Apostle
John 20:19-31Read the poem
Home After a Glum Day
Home after a glum day. Yellow crocuses are breaking ground.Read the poem
[haiku]
end of an affair sprinklers go off on schedule in the hard rainRead the poem
Autism Turns 21
It is hard for us to guess what's on your mind. We question you until you answer yes. Outside of family, the world is not so kind.Read the poem
