Without further ado… Borders Sovereignty fell away the day you gathered my storm-shattered Broken bits to you and felled the weakened war-torn walls at my Heart. Two well-worn seats waited; soft steam rose quietly from Two chipped china cups nestled atop soft egg-white saucers. We Sought detente while hurriedly negotiating the freighted details Of my [...]
…insists on its tribute. To this end, and because author and artist Nina Brewton insists on inviting me in, I’ll post a poem a day for the entire month. This way I am a winner. Check back daily and chuck metaphorical rocks if you like. I owe two and here they are in no particular [...]
I’m seeing some stuff on the Web that’s giving me fits. This idea that your reaction to behavior and, by extension, your behavior itself is somehow contingent on some external stimulus is just this side of ridiculous, isn’t it? Why are you, as an individual ostensibly possessed of free will, ceding agency to some external actor? That’s [...]
Welcome back. Perhaps you’ve been away. Your Hamptons home was calling or the pied-a-terre in the south of France just couldn’t wait another day. Understandable. The body needs what the body needs. You may have missed a few things while you were gone, however, not the least of which was WE PUBLISH BOOKS. That’s right. [...]
There’s one gone from the bucket list. My first book, These Long-Tailed Words: Verse and Prose for Anyone, is finished and ready for prime time. Write Right Publications (the company whose blog you’re perusing) is publishing the book, along with Nina Brewton’s Heart of a Queen: Poetry and Prose from the Soul. Nina is known on the [...]