Felt Mansion Walk AboutI stand up from the sturdy wooden armed school chairand follow the gurgle to aquarium whose water is too lowset between two windows, as dusk falls the birds haveflown and deer graze tender grass and clover out other.Open slider into atrium that is still too warm; thirsty plantprisoners behind glass call out…
Year: 2025
dVerse — Prosery Monday — Future’s Garden
“William Morris 6” The future gathers in vine, bush, and tree:Persimmon, walnut, loquat, fig, and grape”by Yvor Winters from Time and the Garden Future’s Garden She wakes to coughs, groans, and clanks. Rubbing her eyes, crusted with dust, she winces and wonders how much time she has before her clouded corneas become blindness. Or will…
Liberty Molested
I created this collage after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Things have gotten so much worse since then. light’s blaze must melt ice while dreaming of heads rolling thoughts congeal with blood
Sunday Afternoon Walk
Sunday afternoons are the most common time older son and I go for walks. It’s been so hot outside that we haven’t gone in a few weeks, but today we braved the heat, burning sun, and thick, smoke-scented air and walked over 2 miles on a nearby bike path. The path is a rail-to-trail convert…
#SLS — “Blue,” by Joni Mitchell
Blue, songs are like tattoosYou know I’ve been to sea before— from, “Blue,” by Joni Mitchell You may find other opening lines as good as this one but you will never find better ones. The way Joni manifests the first WORD sets the tone. There is nothing more you need to know about what comes…
Book Review: Hard Luck Harry in Deadtime, by F.A. Corporan and S.E. Bryan
Book Review: Hard Luck Harry in Deadtime, by F.A. Corporan and S.E. Bryan, published by Black Rose Writing of Texas (expected publish date in September 2025) I was given an Advance Reader Copy of Hard Luck Harry in Deadtime and asked to do an honest review. When Earth is made uninhabitable through human folly, Mars…
Tao Talk 