Along the dramatic coast, rocky slopes plummeted to the sea. To shield the interior from prying eyes, a wall of evergreens, proud and straight despite the bitter sea winds, grew closely spaced, branches intertwining and needles crossing with those from … Continue reading Hidden
The Fence and the Vine Along a lane between two fields there is a barbed wire fence, and on this fence a vine ‘twines ’round and ’round and imitates the twisted metal, green on rusted black. The fence supports the … Continue reading Experiments in Writing – Prose Poetry
Someone started a fire in my backyard. It wasn’t obvious at first. It smoldered out of sight among the roots. It burned away the flowers’ vitality. It left in its wake the brittle brown shadows of plants. It climbed slowly, … Continue reading Fire
On my back I see the elite of the forest, a select scattering of eye-catching sun-dappled green on blue, supported beneath by dark, anonymous branches. I sit up and my view scrolls to see branches merge into trunks overshadowed by … Continue reading Metaphor
It’s raining outside. The clouds are low and gray, and it’s raining outside. The shades are up, and I stare at the window rather than my computer. I haven’t moved from my seat in hours. It’s raining outside, but I’d … Continue reading Struggle
As the evening’s protective cloud cover retreats over the horizon in the face of an approaching cold front marching resolutely forward, and as the rising sun’s first rays claw their way over a bluff to offer tender comfort to their … Continue reading Mirror
A solitary yellow hotel matchbook lies on a snow-dusted sidewalk, its flimsy wooden matches exposed to the overcast sky. Why is it here? Did an overworked graduate student, snatching a smoke as they hurried to class, drop it, too distracted … Continue reading Cold
Off the main city street, filled to the brim with neon light, effervescing with jubilation, and smelling of human excesses, down a quiet, dark side street that veers to the right, a single solitary street lamp’s sphere of harsh white … Continue reading Etch
Staring Out A Window 