Category: Poems

The world sent me a message this morning. It said: “Hello there, square peg. You haven’t been making much effort to fit in lately. Here’s a nice round hole you ...

Sent very few Christmas cards, all of them late. Wrapped gifts at the last minute. Didn’t bake the cookies. Christmas Eve, midnight, under the influence of mosc...

In early July, I saw a weather forecast for the holiday weekend, and I was confused. Didn’t we just have the holiday weekend?  I was thinking of Memorial Day. T...

walk / sock / hollyhock / rock no clock cobblestone / shinbone / pinecone / milestone alone roam / biome / home feet / street / sleet / sweet complete roots / b...

This May: peonies, iris, cicadas. And me. Next May the peonies and iris will blossom again. After this season’s flowers are gone, leaves will turn sunlight into...

The following were adapted from A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity: The Official Prayer Book of the Catholic Church, prepared and published b...