There is a lone starling off across my field It will soon fly away --all of it ...   Fri Jun 14th, 2013 03:29 pm

Yes, I'm planning on going. They have a visiting playwright come in and put on a workshop for the three writers. This year ...   Mon Jun 10th, 2013 10:29 pm

My one act "Hear Me Now" going to Illinois :) timmy http://heartlandtheatre.org/nph/ ...   Sun Jun 9th, 2013 03:15 am

Thanks, playful. Although I'm glad my comments allowed you to visualize the poem, there's no need to worry about understanding poetry in general. When Tess ...   Sun Jun 2nd, 2013 10:52 pm

Dangerous ones are the hardest to paint They flit like tiny birds outside of cages They pull us closer to the rim of hell They leave us nowhere else ...   Sun Jun 2nd, 2013 12:02 am

Tess was a student of mine. She was killed in a car/school bus crash the end of February. Good kid. Foolish driver. Thanks ...   Sun May 26th, 2013 10:37 pm

I like the "conciseness" matching the poem to title. (I agree w/Kato: the "brief" line is redundant given the context). From a guy who was ...   Wed May 22nd, 2013 05:55 pm

There is a tiny door of light by the fence between the pickets and the posts where Tess died Mind you, this was not a sudden event; it took a ...   Sun May 19th, 2013 02:06 am

A man reads a book of poetry, his voice reads the lines like the clear clatter of falling coins; April air scents the wet pavement pages are ...   Sat May 11th, 2013 09:08 pm

I confess I'm a "sports" twitter follower only. It's great for my fantasy teams. ...   Fri May 3rd, 2013 09:39 pm

It's never too late to marry that someone you love. Polka Band at the reception? ...   Fri May 3rd, 2013 09:37 pm

"A careful reader can see many things in words." Wise words from an old friend of mine ;) timmy ...   Thu May 2nd, 2013 01:32 pm

Rain falls on the world into cracks, into a coffee cup you once left outside on the deck post; each drop comes tapping into the garden, trying to be distinguished, trying ...   Wed Apr 24th, 2013 03:27 am

It is on W. 54th, maybe, a fragment of a coffee shop; a couple of stools, no intimacy at all, a cold rain chill, an ...   Thu Apr 11th, 2013 01:36 am

The poem comes from a conversation I had one night w/an older Chippewa Indian fellow. He told me his grandfather talked often about the birch ...   Thu Apr 11th, 2013 12:15 am

You alone, forest on one side, walking wrong, somehow, on this path tonight. Silence, occasional shoe on leaf; there are contrasts as you go: on the other side, a still ...   Fri Mar 29th, 2013 03:25 pm

IMR: Surely you remember Joe Niekro? (Phil's little brother) He once had an episode (not w/the sticky stuff but w/an emory board) while pitching for the Twins. ...   Fri Mar 29th, 2013 03:23 pm

I put quotes around the two really close posted lines so you could tell ;) ...   Sun Mar 24th, 2013 12:47 pm

"Will there be anything else?" "God, the outright balls of some people." ...   Sun Mar 24th, 2013 03:58 am

She: There was a time when the world was Africa. He: Yeah, well I’m Irish. What’s your fucking point? She: I don’t know. Just wondering where the lion ...   Sun Mar 24th, 2013 03:54 am

Thanks for "digging" the poem. Appreciate that. I rarely use the titles here if I'm thinking of sending something out. Gotta' call ...   Tue Mar 19th, 2013 10:42 pm

You look lonely there in the water, half-submerged, biting the inside of your cheek; you look lonely, you know, not free or buoyant, enjoying your own company like other ...   Sun Mar 17th, 2013 09:22 pm

You have an excellent memory. And I do so wish you'd leave your own writing up for longer than a day. I look, I read, ...   Sun Mar 10th, 2013 02:56 pm

In some regions of China, a dead man’s reputation is considered proportional to the number of guests who attend his funeral; strippers are often hired to pull ...   Wed Feb 13th, 2013 03:22 am

Have been to North Park. Nice folks there. The guy who directed my play picked me up at the airport and let me ...   Fri Feb 8th, 2013 06:46 pm

The house is shut in thought, its porch dim, off-white shades drawn over closed windows Inside, in the parlor, a wooden rocker, a lamp beside it, atop a small black table Down ...   Mon Jan 28th, 2013 01:16 am

I tell them I now eat herring and kipper snacks from a tin; how I wait for the mail, the paper, anything with prints;
 I also ...   Tue Jan 15th, 2013 10:13 pm

Some folks spend entire lives wanting things but just can’t find anything they like; some are clumsy, not proud; they become embarrassed when they can no longer remember phone ...   Sun Jan 6th, 2013 11:50 pm

"Happy (and successful) Writing for the upcoming New Year...everyone" timmy ...   Tue Jan 1st, 2013 03:34 pm

We are, after all, human beings we do inconsequential things: like today I wrote an obit for Jerry, compressing his whole life into twelve dollars; the cost a newspaper charged by- the-word so others can remind themselves of life’s ...   Fri Dec 28th, 2012 08:38 pm

IMR: Heard the Gov. of Connecticut say that "evil" had visited Newtown. Tried to picture Adam Lanza as evil (or vice versa). Have an ...   Mon Dec 24th, 2012 01:42 am

Edd: You've been hiding. Happy Holidays. Hope writing has been good to you. timmy ...   Mon Dec 24th, 2012 01:36 am

So you think I wish to die slowly around these children? reliving, repenting all those miserable moments of my life, moments I would give anything to stop, to do over, all those times ...   Thu Dec 20th, 2012 09:53 pm

Place me among the books, hardbound, soft- covers, slick sleeves, spun silk Bury me among the poetry, its fatalism, its fore- thought, its ashes and cedar smell Feel me among the words, bent pages, ...   Fri Dec 14th, 2012 08:02 pm

you do love me I have proof sometimes, you do not love me a glove, shoes, pen and ...   Sun Nov 25th, 2012 10:39 pm

#1) Always title poems. A title is another line of the poem, or at least can be if given the opportunity. It can ...   Wed Nov 21st, 2012 03:57 am

I once saw a stage adaption of "See No Evil" that was pretty good. Was done in blacklight. timmy ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2012 07:46 pm

There is a song sadder than a two-lane highway, but you don’t know where this might lead you; you listen to the words anyway, to ...   Thu Nov 1st, 2012 07:42 pm

I tightened up the first stanza, Allan. Thanks. But really, the title cries for line breaks :) timmy ...   Sat Oct 27th, 2012 10:40 pm

The night you died, paper was ripped; a biscuit moon sifted its light over field And even though clocks ticked, steady as heartbeat, since God couldn’t account ...   Sat Oct 20th, 2012 03:13 am

Potabasil: I wouldn't mind sitting in on one of your poetry classes ;) timmy ...   Tue Oct 2nd, 2012 01:24 am

Through no fault of her own, mother landed in a kitchen, hands in warm dishwater; after, she dried them like pink pears with a soft ...   Sat Sep 29th, 2012 03:51 am

You have already learned a son’s love can end, eventually to be replaced by your own son’s love or never even exist without an arced form of ...   Thu Sep 13th, 2012 11:01 pm

the sky, a green sea, salt, the sound of the earth a father, his straight hair, combed in history, his ego the whiteness of scars, scored over time ...   Sat Sep 8th, 2012 01:38 am

a short knife left on the table after her strawberry jam is spread to raison bread a headstone: W.S. Heckart 2/29/1852 - 2/29/1892 eyes closed and I-90 sounds like ...   Sun Aug 26th, 2012 12:36 am

We stood on night grass, your right hand atop my shoulder; you took off one sandal, leaned lithely against me as softly as August moonshine fell around us like dry snow ...   Wed Aug 15th, 2012 09:04 pm

For those w/Apple, I've found going to print and hitting "email PDF" works best. Never had any trouble this way. Also warning: the new LION operating ...   Thu Aug 9th, 2012 02:49 pm

The living who die for us; we rub them in our hands, rearrange our homes for them, remember events and smells At times, we have gone to the closet ...   Mon Aug 6th, 2012 03:17 am

Can't wait to bring my Asian escort in to see my new kitchen design :) ...   Mon Jul 30th, 2012 05:51 pm

There is a red Dodge pickup parked on the hard paver portion of their drive, next to the sugar maple, which has grown slightly askew, tilting ...   Mon Jul 30th, 2012 05:48 pm