All that loves green produces green.
An eye patch waits aslant his passenger seat.
When you speak, trees either stretch themselvesinto a smile or the wind blows a sad sigh into clouds. When you lie, the sun drools. When you think, the grass either turns brown or finds another door…
Because I'm old and this is the Way I Do Things now...
the only thing that impresses me now
is the state of my inebriation
The wind comes up relentless
in the afternoon
And aren't we are so then so rarely The hero in another's story When we want to be. And why are we so always Rounding stories on the heroes Who don't want to be? And aren't we are so then are so rarely Heroes in each others' …
“Silent Valley: The quietest place in the Western hemisphere.” Jerry pulls back the throttle and squints so the wrinkles deepen around his eyes and creep out past the frame of his sunglasses. Even through my headphones and the thwok of the helicopter blades I…
The blue bird tapped at my window and pecked my crumbs. I talked to him as to a small person about the things of life, of flowers, of trees and the sky. Even at times pretending he was erudite, I questioned him about evolution and extinction. He looked at me as if he…
I was sitting on the steps in the entryway to our apartment building taking off my running shoes when I spotted a paperclip on the floor. I assumed it had fallen from the mail that my wife had just taken from our mailbox. Once my shoes were removed, I went down to pick…
Damn, the light turned
green
on me.
Wasn't ready.
Staring at my $10 All Star Breakfast with extra bacon
Let it rage.
I shall not suppress you.
Let your rage speak to you of the sorrow it hides,
until your sadness swallows you whole.
A Praying Mantis
clover to bright emerald green
landed on my sleeve
and lingered as I worked
in my hay field.