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Insomniac’s Almanac
Exhaustion thick as concrete.
You actually begin to sleep.
But a crack forms in the wall.
It is the end of sleep.

Jilted Lover (Damn Braves)
As I stood shaking with bitter tears on the pitchers' mound at Memorial Stadium late that October evening, I had no realization of the crossroads I was teetering on.

Making Tracks
The child walks the train tracks easily. Although she must look down, the intervals between ties are well-suited to her gait.
As she grows taller…






The War Within
The full poem and my Theoretically, one tree,
but reality says three.
The eldest surely will die.
For though it’s the tallest
its foliage the smallest,
all it can see is the sky.

Golden Tears
The rays perforate the silent forest, dripping golden tears on the leaves in an evening rain of backlit beauty.

The Struggle in Being a Muggle
If only this crooked stick
were a magical wand.
I could remove the thick
feeling of being beyond.

The Call of Fall
The crisp cool air, the leaves turning here and there and that feeling of culmination.


Ode to a U.P. Forest
There is no rhodo or azalea or laurel.
What’s the same is the claim
in the nightwing’s dark quarrel.


Sinking Feeling
Here we ‘go’ again. What is it about public restrooms that makes me want to rant? This time it’s the inefficiency. How are you supposed to wash your hands when…

Juxtaposition
So strange is this opposition,
a contrasting coalition.
Though they go their own way,
they are a part of this play.
