I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary. -- M. Atwood.

City Poet Struck By Car ( Read more... )

City Poet ( Read more... )

From “Flood/Fold: Aperture 3 ( Read more... )

Today has been a day of soul searching, writing, and our culture making me sad/angry.

For example:

I know I'm not the first person to point this out. But honestly. Are you kidding me?! Who CAN get a respectable obituary these days? Oh, that's right, Aaliyah.

"I'm not a religious person, but writing for me is religious in this sense: To write is to participate in the creation that began with that first naming, and will continue until someone or something finds an adequate word for "end." To write is to bring into being things whose existences depend on their articulation. Our emotional dictionaries are ( Read more... )

It’s not that I’ve set out to accumulate things, just like to have it all ( Read more... )

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the ride back was ugly ( Read more... )