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Remove Spoon to Insert Foot

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

My silver spoon gets stuck in my mouth when I try to articulate. (spoon: OLWomen.com; apartheid: buzzsouthafrica.com)

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Haiku: Fitting Flit

Posted on January 12, 2017 by

I think the word flit was invented by someone watching chickadees.

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Haiku: Waiting for Three

Posted on December 27, 2016 by

What is it about two o’clock, the bitching hour? Dreaded double-strike. The eyes snap open, no retreat from wakefulness– it’s just a poem.

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Ochoco Reach Audiobook, Ahoy!

Posted on December 22, 2016 by

Shameless plug: my novel Ochoco Reach is now available as an audiobook on both audible.com and iTunes. If you download it, I’d very much appreciate a review and some other noise of your own choosing. Click on the link in … Continue reading →

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Haiku: For Brian

Posted on November 23, 2016 by

My friend, if I could exchange places with you now I most surely would.

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Haiku: Perspective

Posted on November 14, 2016 by

A tree in my yard, upheaval in my country. The tree stays the same.

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Haiku: The Night Warms

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

Coffee sits swallowed at the top of my stomach; my brainstem is warm. (stock photo)

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The Lift

Posted on September 24, 2016 by

Birds, pilots, sailors… all look for lift Artists do too It is the physics of magic (guitar: getold.com; hawk: geol.umd.edu)   Inspired by: T Bone Burnett’s AmericanaFest Keynote Address

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Mister Sniffy

Posted on September 20, 2016 by

In the grey light before sunrise you examine the yard and driveway: sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff Snort! sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff Snort! The new light catches the focus in your eyes, much as it might catch the focus … Continue reading →

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Haiku: Relativity?

Posted on September 1, 2016 by

Consciousness, a gift of accelerating time, provides no answers.

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