Poems

In the meantime between nothing and nothing~ I am eating a slice of blueberry pie. I am on the phone with the gas company. I am scratching an itch behind my ear. I am raking fall leaves from my garden. I am watching the news on tv. I am thinking of something I have...

Climbing Mount Everest in flip flops is a bad idea. Less than ten feet up you realize your mistake. You can turn back, send away for boots and wait, or you can fly to a south Florida Gulf coast beach where boots would be the poorer choice and flip flops would be...

I arrived arrived at my destination the easy way. So don’t expect me to know where I am. I took a bus. I took a train. I took a plane. Someone else brought me here. All I did was get on board. I did not walk the long way from the river to the coast. I did not pass...

When I recovered from bright light,           they assured me I had only two eyes. When I recovered from scattering sound,           they assured me I had only two ears. When I recovered from the scent of antiseptic,           they assured me there were roses. When I...

I look up at Apollo's moon with droll psychology. How can a moon that's walked upon be free of lunacy? _________________________________________________________ Commemorating the first human visit to the moon, July 20, 1969, 50 years ago.