The Paltry Sum

Joni Mitchell is Back!

Joni Mitchell strode back onto the stage to accept the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, and proceeded to announce to the world that not only she was capable of performing at the show she has coming up with Brandi Carlile at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy Washington on June 10th 2023, but…

Quod Vide, My Child

Q.V. My Child…Q.V. On this matter go see For yourself. Experience was never gained From staring at books That sit unopened upon Some other person’s shelf. Why should I insist that the Substance of my heart is pure? Why should I write you a letter When you label my concern Nothing but an artful lure?…

Sea Birds and Weltschmerz

On Possession, Injurious attacks and Influences, the Dangers of Being Open and Receptive to Others and Their Ideas. Being a raw walking open emotional and psychic wound is an occupational hazard for a writer, I suppose. We are possessed by ideas, by past artists and dreams which shake us around by the scruff of the…

Inside Out (Poem)

I coughed and blood splattered The palm of my hand that I Held to my mouth that formed A perfect ‘o’ of surprise when I Saw the bright red that should Be inside start to leak outside. Flashlights and requests to look Inside my mouth yielded nothing But disappointment Just blood with no obvious cause…

…and they all fall down…

It is sheer insanity outside my window. Another atmospheric storm has blown in rattling the panes of this old Victorian house. I fear for the pretty stained glass windows, they are held together with ancient lead frames and a promise that they haven’t failed yet. There is always time. Last night some white claw drinking…

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