he picks up
a half-empty soda
left on the curb
another day
of job hunting
Sketchbook, Vol. 6, No. 1
Jan/Feb. 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Moving out
freeway drizzle
he helps his only daughter
move out
The Heron’s Nest
Vol. XII, No. 3, Sept 2010
he helps his only daughter
move out
The Heron’s Nest
Vol. XII, No. 3, Sept 2010
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Widower
the widower explains
to his visiting son
why he chopped their shade tree
twice there, he drawls
I tried to hang myself
Modern English Tanka
Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 2009
to his visiting son
why he chopped their shade tree
twice there, he drawls
I tried to hang myself
Modern English Tanka
Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 2009
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friendship poem
my neighbor mows
the grassy edges
of my unkempt lawn
in the shade I try to write
this friendship poem
Sketchbook, Vol. 4, No. 4,
July/August 2009
the grassy edges
of my unkempt lawn
in the shade I try to write
this friendship poem
Sketchbook, Vol. 4, No. 4,
July/August 2009
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Death anniversary
my daughter and I place
her mom's favorite flowers
on her grave
this eighth anniversary
of her passing
her mom's favorite flowers
on her grave
this eighth anniversary
of her passing
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Daughter's vacation
end of summer
our daughter’s vacation
gets shorter each year
The Heron’s Nest
Vol. XIII, No. 1
March 2011
our daughter’s vacation
gets shorter each year
The Heron’s Nest
Vol. XIII, No. 1
March 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
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