In Praise of Nouns

All the verbs in the world could not eliminate the need for nouns. Nouns sit, stubborn in their meanings, bricked up against the winds of change. They are not what they are but the names of what they are not. They are words. Not cars. Not bowling balls. Always, Nouns...

Stacked Stones

In my garden there is a stack of stones. I worked to balance them weeks ago, steady handed, one upon the other. On the apex, a piece of blue glass crowned with a gold painted pebble. I expected to restack the stones each day, assuming the poise would not survive night...

Head Lines

I wake in the morning. I get the paper. I read the headlines. On the masthead in bold print I read: News of the World You Helped Create.  

River Poem

the river flows into the town through the town out of the town the river locates the town it is on the river a river town the town confines the river the river divides the town the council planning bridges the river is on its mind. an old man fishing the river is on...

A Taxonomy of Knowledge

Below you will find comprehensive knowledge listed in precise categories: Things easily understood Things understood but not correctly Things assumed but not investigated Things known to squirrels but not deer Things known to birds but not fish Things you were told...