Shot in the Glass

A bullet? A photo? A drink? Could be one – or all three – in this short set of poems. Continue reading →

Type Case

Working as an editor or publisher or perhaps as a marketing director or graphic artist, the eye beholds typeface in Continue reading →

Composites Update

These poems form a running ledger of everyday life, which seldom adds up neatly. Much appears to be left incomplete Continue reading →

Chicago Eggs

They may be traded in Chicago, well in advance, but what about the hens themselves? So here we are in Continue reading →

Still Tender

All these years later, there’s still something confessional about the short poems of Still Tender. Maybe you still harbor similar Continue reading →

Sun Spots

In the era before electronic word processing, the national news services moved their statewide, national, and international news dispatches by Continue reading →

Rough Rice

As the title Rough Rice suggests, there’s value in going into the field, however exotic, to gain an edge in Continue reading →

Dance Partners

Flirtation and its aftermath are matters of delicacy. A glance here, a gesture there. A witty turn, with vaporous double-meanings. Continue reading →