Tag, I'm it, Twenty-something-something-something...
20 things. As a poet, I see no need to write this list entirely in prose.…
Robin's Eyes
I'm sorry for writing this, and sorry for publishing this. I didn't want to write it so soon. But I also didn't want to be too late.…
Stick Figure Stigma
Those stick-figure characters on the backs of cars... The caricatures of moms, dads, kids, pets, jedi, Darth Vaders, zombies, and whatever else. That strange trend that it's just hard to put a finger on what's wrong about it or what's right about it. That stuff is what each of these stories is about.…
The Very Words of God
This piece was inspired by a line from one of my favourite poets: "God said to Abraham, 'Kill me a son!'"Abraham and Isaac. Apparently Isaac was approximately 37 years old when Abraham took him to be sacrificed. That makes Abraham 137 at the time. Ishmael, Isaac's half-brother was slightly older. Some traditions have it that Ishmael was in the party that set out on this trek.…
The Request Book
This book of poems contains my poems written to your requests (including, in some cases, requests that you did not make and that I imagined). Anyone may make a request for a poem on any subject and I will do my best. Please leave a comment and I will write something.Now including: requests made to me by The Universe, and other sundry ideas.I do requests, don't be shy.…
Seventy Times Seven
This started out as a Sonnet, then a trilogy of sonnets, then a 4-parter, and now there are 6 sonnets in the series. I think I've got it all out of my system for a while now. Thanks for your patience everyone.A Sonnet Trilogy in Four--NO, Six! Parts. It was a trilogy, but it was missing something so I added another bit.Thanks @cottonjones for the article you sent on sonnets. I tried to apply the principles hwere, and it was challenging.…
How to Write a Sonnet
This book contains a couple of sonnets of mine. One is meta - a sonnet about sonnets. The other is an example that I will show through eight drafts of how it was composed. This illustrates my method for writing poetry. There are lots of other methods, but here you get to see one of my pieces through various iterations until I get to what I think is "finished".Maybe this will help you in your writing, or maybe it will be purely for our amusement. Either way, feel free to comment on what you see in the process.…