Get Your Friends to Respect and Appreciate You
My friends never hear me out - I can never get people to appreciate my ideas
Travelers’ Incantation
Dragona Locomortum! Upon the clouds she flies. Frangelic voices, scream out in praise
This House
This House
Clouds are weeping at my door,
puddles tearfully trickle in
moonlight falls, whisper thin.…
For my Mom and Daughters
A kick here and there for my Mom,
my daughters and me.
Rivalry inscribed from birth
to grave Sweet…
Until Next Friday
She can smell the aroma of vanilla and see a bearded man’s pipe. . . until next Friday
Pen vs Gun
Pen vs Gun
They Proposed the choice
Gun that fights
Or Pen that writes
I elected Pen, for I had the voice…
Gray Winter Season
Gray Winter Season
Gray is the season that withers
blossoms dulled by satin frost
how they sadly fall
cruel…
Rendering Guided Missiles Obsolete
Over the centuries, it has been a see-sawing battle between offensive and defensive technologies
Let the Wookiee Win
Let the Wookiee Win
The LA Times once published a list of the top 10 sidekicks of all time. For the record, in The…
The Social Worker who Killed
A prose poem telling the story of a young man who grew into a monster
Elasticated Easter Eggs
She stepped out of the navy winceyette elasticated knickers, that her father's girlfriend had bought her
Virginia Pothier
Virginia Pothier
Virginia Pothier is the co-author of The Happiness Journey and co-founder of Hapacus, an…
Excerpt: Shannon
I was born in the County Offaly, along the River Shannon, in the year 1663
Heart Wall
Heart Wall
We walk in our garden like monks in meditation.
Hearts beating together like plucked harp strings,…
