Remember Me as a Shade of Blue
When I die I’d like to be absorbed into the color blue to become the dusty color of a blueberry the blue of Lake Michigan on a sunny day, or the sea aquamarine,...
Category: Poetry, etc.
Vanished, Not Gone
Vanished into sunlight: That’s what happened to my dead. Not that they dwell in eternal light but that their presence has become diffuse with time. No longer li...
An Asteroid the Size of…
A polar bear, a newborn elephant, 423 poodles A murder of crows A beehive 5 pounds of potatoes, a barrel of pickles, 52 pork chops A birthday cake A sailboat, 7...
Book spine poem: The World Without Us
Note: This was originally posted on my blog Science Word Geek in June 2014. Inspired by the work of Stan Carey at Sentence First, I decided to try my hand at bo...
Book spine poem: The Human Cycle
Note: This was originally posted on my blog The Thinking Meat Project in November 2014. The Human Cycle A gradual awakening, Moments of being, The voyage out in...
Book spine poem: Man and time
Note: This was originally posted in July 2015 on my blog The Thinking Meat Project. What finer way to spend a Saturday morning in summer than browsing the books...
Making Notes
Something flashes through my mind. Dissimilar things reveal their affinity, suggesting hidden potential. I jot down a few words, a line or two— capturing an ide...
Book spine poem: Life Is Everywhere
Life Is Everywhere Flesh and stone. Heart of the land, the life of the skies, the medusa and the snail. Red giants and white dwarfs. The fabric of the he...
A Dream of Time
Someday I hope to let the days go by so quietly I can keep up with them. To abide in changing light and shadow, leaf and branch. To observe the play of clouds, ...
Bitterns in Knickers
With sincere apologies to Oscar Hammerstein Bebop and goosenecks and bitterns in knickers, Night-blooming nettles and pizza with kippers, Naughty pajamas for af...