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Continue reading →: Commentary on “Three Suggestions”Read time: 2 min. When I shared my poem “Three Suggestions” the other week, I had no picture on hand that I felt really captured its meaning. I also had no notion of what illustration I could create. I ultimately chose a photo of the sun behind a library to…
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Continue reading →: Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku, edited by Gabriela Marie MiltonI am deeply honored to have my work included in editor Gabriela Marie Milton’s upcoming book Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku from Literary Revelations, due for publication in late April. The image above (courtesy of Literary Revelations Publishing House) shows the cover, featuring the wonderfully vivid artwork of Japanese artist…
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Continue reading →: Three SuggestionsRead time: 1 min. True, most true ObjectiveInterjectiveSubjectiveWithout untruth Much lives between Out or InWheat or BreadWoman or ManGradients Imaginal PerceptionExplorationAcceptanceUnderstanding Edited April 2, 2025 to correct formatting errors in Reader.
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Continue reading →: In a Nautilus ShellRead time: 2 min. _ One May Like to Think time runs In circles or lines. History does not repeat but Rhymes. in other words, time spirals. planetary worlds Orbiting revolving suns like circulating beads in rolling bottles do the same. Retrograding Mercury advances in retreat. Jesus treads on prints…
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Continue reading →: Classical ElementsRead time: 1 Min. Fire perched on a matchstick: a lightning bug in the desert at night. Fire dropped in a forest: Vesuvius defeating Pompeii. Water skydiving out of a cloud: a wrecking ball or a first-aid kit. Water consumed by a squirrel: electricity conducted by a paperclip. Earth dug…
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Continue reading →: Momentary ChainRead time: 1 Min. The dancing bulbs perched atop the candelabra soothe the midwinter pangs and erode the snowflake lace adorning the window frame, thus providing water for the blue jays who pluck wild seeds before they sprout and drop them somewhere better for growing into columns that can uphold…




