Everyone was once the baby, the crier, bereft of vocabulary. Many of us have been the one saying, “Hush. Hush, little baby.” But most of us in this belly of metal, miles above the earth, forget our tiny selves screaming at what we could not comprehend, and now say, “Silence, Silence. I want silence.” We…
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This is a loose collection of my poems. My first writing was poetry, but I was never able to understand how to write poetry or why one worked and another did not. But I thought in poems, in short dense bursts and could not imagine writing stories or novels. Somewhere in my 30s that changed. But I still write a poem when a situation demands, though I still make no claim to actually being a poet. It has been a very long time since I last tried to get a poem published. I am just too lazy to keep track of submissions. But I offer them here on my turf where you have been seeking my writing or something about me. I hope you enjoy and find something of worth to you. Most of the poems will have a little note at the bottom, so make sure you scroll down.