Détente
Honored to be accepted to POETiCA REVIEW with my poem Détente:Détentethere was no bloodletting; only sorrowthe will to have a hollow heart …yet all the tears that once filled an oceanturned to salt...
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My Bro -- September 9, 1946 - April 29, 2019
Yesterday we did a great job of remembering my brother. A memorial in Enumclaw at the VFW Hall was packed with old friends and family, some that came from afar to attend. Here is a poem I wrote about...
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Por Fin - August Post Card Challenge
August seems like such a long time ago but in the world of words, it's simply part of another season. I love the postcard challenge every August and try to form an intelligible blog of cards sent and...
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Take Care of Your Chicken
Not one given to speeches, famous for attending a media event and saying “I’m only here so I won’t get fined,” Marshawn Lynch, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, shared valuable words of wisdom,...
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Covid-19 and Me-70
Remember that poem about a crowd of daffodils? William Wordsworth; I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. This Daffy-Dills, yours truly, is eschewing crowds these days and considers this poem in a deeply...
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POPO 2020
Never have I been so late getting out my PoPo mail. Postcards that should've gone out all throughout August are finally getting sent mid-September. It's been a strange year and I'm simply not going to...
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POPO 2021
Can you believe it's been a year since I blogged here? I told someone the other day "2020 is just a big bird dropping splotch on our calendars. Nothing happened, or so it seems." Now we've rolled...
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Penny Lane, my wee dog and I walked up our Interurban Trail to Walgreens, to pick up a prescription. It was a cool day, early September, autumn in the air. A young man was by the doors as we...
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72When I think of 72, I imagine an old person. That’s not me. Until, of course, I glance at a mirror, and then it’s kind of a sudden surprise. Every time. Yup, it's me, alright. I’ll be getting a...
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WORDSToo many words, not enough time...This morning, as I lay in bed, reading David Remnick’s lengthy New Yorker article about Paul McCartney, and The Beatles, I mused at how much time I was wasting,...
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Bang He’d just gotten a haircut. Bang. She was an exchange student from Pakistan. Bang. He was the world’s best son. Bang. She was his sister. Bang. He was fifteen. Bang. They came to the United States...
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Poetry Postcard Festival 2022
I was pleased to get all of my postcards sent this year by the end of the month (August). For 2022, I tried to write each poem that somehow related to the postcard I was sending. Sometimes it worked....
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POETS PEACE POSTCARDS FEST 2023
Peace Poets is a project produced by C.J. Prince and Carla Shafer. These postcards, poems and art send out at least 2,252 expressions of peace around the world. Some are beautiful and witty poems,...
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Myrtine Petersen Grove July 16, 1891 - April 10, 1966
Myrtine I was not my grandmother’s favorite grandchild, but I adored both my grandparents. I was devastated when we lost my dear Grandma on April 10, Easter Sunday, 1966. I was a Junior in high school...
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I'm very excited to share the release of my new chapbook with Bottlecap Press! These poems have been years in the making and the real deal is finally here for you to hold in your hands.The Nail Set is...
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Cascadia Postcard Festival - PoPo 2023
It's time again for August Postcard madness! I love the PoPo to close out the summer months and thanks to Paul Nelson for introducing me to this poem-a-day event, so many years ago. I now have a...
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