Joe RicciardiLittle Red Hen’s Plea for Bakers: The proliferation of enumerated rights without the corresponding…Some fall dramatically by conquest. Some tumble slowly in a malaise of fits and starts. Others kind of stumble and then get up again with a…Oct 1, 2019Oct 1, 2019
Joe RicciardiFoolish ExpectationsHe was sitting, with his head down, in that dry patch of barren rocks between deadman’s curve and lover’s leap.Mar 22, 2016Mar 22, 2016
Joe RicciardiFierce LoveOurs is a fierce love, Ferocious, Hungry, Prowling under a fierce sun, And a restless moon, Spilling blood and howling alone.Feb 17, 2016Feb 17, 2016
Joe RicciardiClinging to the Past…and the old man, in his bitterness and rage, wrapped his thinning blanket around himself and moved on. Past the door and the flooding…Nov 3, 2012Nov 3, 2012
Joe RicciardiThey Cracked Her SoulThey cracked her soul Beneath the burdens Of their perversion Against the backdrop Of their pain — crack! She was too young to understand…May 23, 2012May 23, 2012
