VelavitaVent’anniIt’s our anniversary. Twenty years ago today, in north San Diego county, on a partly cloudy morning we wed. And soon our divorce will be…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
VelavitainPoets UnlimitedDream come falseI saw spring unshackle buds, blooms, and leaves, long nights forgotten under our warm sun.Mar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017
VelavitainPoets UnlimitedGone, girlIt takes you a few days to realize I’m gone; five days, at half past four in the afternoon, to be exact, when you notice my car hasn’t been…Mar 7, 20171Mar 7, 20171
VelavitainThe CoffeeliciousMap questioningI saw my wife today, walking in front of our house. That’s a short, simple, declarative sentence, wholly true, though also impossible…Mar 7, 20171Mar 7, 20171
VelavitainThe CoffeeliciousCapsized“You’re capsized,” you said to me, surprise in your voice.Feb 26, 2017Feb 26, 2017
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VelavitainPoets Unlimited1/20/17: Five verses of hopeAnd one four-year song of desperationJan 19, 2017Jan 19, 2017
VelavitainLiterally LiteraryQuestions unasked, answers ungivenYou want me to love. I tell you I do — or did. You fear to ask whom.Jan 12, 2017Jan 12, 2017
VelavitainPoets UnlimitedIf, if IObjects in the mirror are more distant than they appearJan 3, 2017Jan 3, 2017