Loaded Words

You think baked potatoes are loaded. And they are. Can be. Chives. Cheese. Sour cream. Bacon bits. But words, oh my god, words. Words are loaded. Every word full of itself and much more. Words come into our mouths dragging the soiled roots of family trees,...

The West’s Fix: An Explication

This is a difficult poem. It needs to be. How else could it give voice to our complex world? The poem delivers experience. The reader must work to get at the poem. Begin with what you recognize and follow the trail. Pay attention to the clash of words: Myhtic and...

The West’s Fix: Poem

Mythic peppermint odd affinities, Cain’s envy, the shepherd’s crook, and the shape of ‘J’, the candy of salvation. Salvador. Provisional solutions, continuous calamity. Dali. Crutches prop a postlapsarian world....

Today

For some today feels like the day after yesterday, for others today feels like the day before tomorrow. The past weighs heavily for some. The future is weightless for others. Ignoring the past leads to an ignorant future.   i  ...