At the Hands of a Poet
At the Hands of a Poet Neruda heats me up with “I want to do with you what spring does with the…
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Between Love and a Hard Place
Between Love and a Hard Place Just days after he moved his young bride into the house, he went on a rampage,…
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The Sound of a Marching Band Always Did Make Me Cry A Little
The Sound of a Marching Band Always Did Make Me Cry a Little The click and throb of a drum corps slays…
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The Ocean of You Never Changes
The Ocean of You Never Changes Look inside. You will see it’s true. Even when you were very small, birds held the…
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What Must Go Unsaid
What Must Go Unsaid If I had a moment alone with you, we’d lie under a sun-threaded maple, the full lengths of…
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Promised Land
Promised Land She was born on the prairie in 1935, some place east of Oklahoma City, a town that no longer exists….
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Making A Case for Rain
This morning, on my way to work, I stopped to chat a minute with a neighbor, an older gentleman I see nearly every…
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