Canticle of Midnights

For James and Lydia on the occasion of their wedding Someday you might realize that you barely noticed all the midnights that shuttled by, all the midnights you slept through, made love through, through which... Read More
YES AND MAYBE

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Rain Mosaic & Impressions of a Garden Hose

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Watching Fox News at the VA Hospital

It’s more true than not that veterans trend right when it comes time to vote, but it’s presumptive to think there are no liberals among warriors. When one has seen what war brings, you do... Read More
Tenured Professors All

Christmas Shopping

I’d like to sit down next to the old man on the bench in the shopping mall— the one judging the crowd as he waits for his wife to return with an armload of packages.... Read More