Dear Consequence . I. I always thought you were Something to suffer, An improvised device Answering my every Step, both mutable And sure, Inscrutable, And counting down The years and days Together pounding Our little plans To powder Beneath your Watchful gaze. I would feel you Searching out the issue Of my blood, Who never …
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BTT #8.2: Dysphoria and Rain.
Anything I have written is percolating and fermenting. This isn't actually writer's block, but nothing has been posted in a while. Sooo. how about Reruns? This was posted in May 2017 and includes a poem from 2015 and 1992, so it stretches time a bit. The marriage spoken of in the prose is ending, we …
BTT #63: Walking the Dog on the Fairway at 9 pm
Walking the Dog on the Fairway at 9 pm · This poem will soon be available in the publication listed below 🙂 January 2020: Three poems accepted to the annual anthology for Out Loud HSV (which stands for Huntsville, not for Herpes Simplex Virus) "Walking the Dog on the Fairway at 9 pm" "So you …
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I am Worried About Jessica. Full posting.
In June of this year, I was honored to be allowed to contribute a guest post for "By Common Consent," a site devoted to cultural and social and doctrinal issues in relation to all things related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now that several months have transpired, I want to …
BTT #56: I am worried about Jessica
I am pleased and grateful to be able to announce that I have had a posting accepted by the Blog Site "By Common Consent." Here is the link: · https://bycommonconsent.com/2019/06/18/i-am-worried-about-jessica/ · It is dedicated to, well... "Jessica." May you know that God keeps you and us and knows our travails.
BTT #34: On the Corner of Catshole Lane
On the Corner of Catshole Lane Part One: Standing in the dampened grayness of the day, her umbrella of flattened yellow does little to impede the surrounding breaths of misted rain. While waiting for the light to change, a question uncoils about the strangeness of the street name and ancient purpose of this place. …
BTT #26: A Wish For My Children
A Wish For My Children · For you, my children, I hope you can always greet The sunrise, where the Bright glow of the hidden Fire kisses and Then patiently subdues the Gently yielding darkness Only to descend again Later into the waiting Arms of evening and the Silent shroud of Listening night. · This …
BTT #20: Tough and Wonderful Day(s)
Rezzing... Rezzing. I arrive at my sandy parcel.. "Mom's Littel Spot" in Elysium early on Thanksgiving morning 2017. The scent of a triple berry pie is wafting from the real life kitchen. I am still in that awkward moment of SL rezzing when my face is visible, but my torso is still trying to materialize and is blinking in and out discombobulated perpendicular …
BTT#10. Miracles of Astounding Normalcy
Author's note: 12-24-18. My wife has made a very reasonable request that certain details regarding my perceptions of her personal outlook and thoughts in regards to the issues in this post not be made public, so the red x spaces represent a redaction. I do want to say that my wife of more than …
BTT #8 Dysphoria and Rain
"A Poem is a Naked Person" is the title of the sometime-acclaimed documentary film by Les Blank about musician Leon Russell. I have not yet seen the film, but the title of it has been an evocative touchstone for me for some years. It suggests that a poem should just sit there unadorned by ornamentation …
