Call me Smitty
Call me Smitty
The car slid to a stop on the carpet of heavy gravel just outside the old railroad tracks five…
Blue Hydrangeas
Blue Hydrangeas
I cut blue hydrangeas
and one white for your innocence,
left them by your door, and fled. …
The Alchemist Of Allihies
The Alchemist Of Allihies
As a painter, and therefore an alchemist, he re-arranged people, souls, and things, in…
Teach Me Teacher
Teach Me Teacher
Teach me
Teach me;
Teach me to know that you are the greatest and only Teacher.Teach me…
The Hot Wind Of Powhatan County
The Hot Wind Of Powhatan County
Preternaturally inspired by a single question mark from Powhatan County,…
Cypress Trees in Summer
Cypress Trees in Summer
A NORTHEAST TEXAS BALLADIt's hidden there, alone
deep inside the cypress trees,…
The Witness
The Witness
The bench outside my window, chaperoned by sagacious sycamore, earringed in green papery bits,…
Heroin: The Gateway To A Hell Unimaginable
Heroin: The Gateway To A Hell UnimaginableHeroin: "It'll ruin your fucking life.
You think finding money for…
Have Your Reasons For Writing Changed?
Reasons For Writing
Just a few days ago I wrote a short guest blog piece about why I write.We all write for…
My New Dog Life
My New Dog Life
The last thing I remembered as a girl was running down the driveway. It was a long driveway and…
As it Kills (Dedicated to an Addict)
As it Kills
Voices crying out in despair,
The hearts too broken to repair.
Do you care?
You push, you pull,…
The Whammer Jammer Whompass Show
The baseball bat had nails driven through it. The points stuck out little more than a quarter inch. But they did…
Cemetery at Sunset
Cemetery at Sunset
Hush.They sleep near the swish and swirl of traffic;
By the rush of creek water over and…
Beach Liaisons
Today she arrived at the beach with the weather forecast telling of gorgeous clear skies and a high temperature of…
Creative Furtherance
Creative Furtherance
Therein the unexplainable grace lies
On the tumbling and trembling of nature grace
And…