Seeing 2020

Using Scrivener to Organize Your Poetry

Writing Poetry in Forms

5 Reasons to write formal poetry and 5 tips for helping you do it.

Voice of a Fallen Tree

You, visitor in my woods,
see me laying on my Mother,
roots to the sky,
and think “dead tree”
or “so sad.”
Let me tell…

Writing Poetry: Purging vs. Crafting and Why Both are Worthwhile

The New Normal

From the other room, you should hear a foot fall,
the clack of the keyboard,
or just…

Confessions of an Amnesiac

I’ve forgotten — 
not a thing, not a place,
a person.
I can’t recall.
I almost catch it in my dreams,
almost…

Signs of the Apocalypse

Last night, everyone on the planet
had a good night’s sleep.
This morning, everyone used their turn signals
and were…

I’ll Never Know Everything About You

No matter how many hours
I’ve watched you –
talking, driving, clacking a keyboard, sleeping –…

Inventory

It’s funny, not “ha ha,” but you know — 
even years later, I know where you are.
Have neither of us changed that much?
I’ve traveled a…

Penance

The evening sky is cobalt and cloudless,
smooth as a porcelain bowl.
I still need to make myself remember
the blue of your eyes,
need to make…