The Chimes at Midnight

A satirical look at the ever deepening financial crisis being felt around the world. (Written: December 2008) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Although su...

This morning, I intercepted a suicide bomber within an inch of my left foot. Normally, I keep a rolled-up newspaper handy in order to deal ...

For Arthur H. Monigold "Macbeth does murder sleep." Alas, I fear, For all his genius, the Bard is mistook. No, it was not the good...

For Sonia "To make it burn you have to throw yourself in." - Galway Kinnell We are left with only memories, and the bitter pain th...

Special thanks to Ian Blake Newhem, Cliff Garner, Dan Masterson, Nancy Hazelton, Travis Smith, Kristen Brownell, Annie McDermott, and "...

The chalk outline, white against the concrete, Marks the scene of the crime, as a crowd Gathers, like greedy vultures, in the street. “Did s...

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very g...

A sonnet for Kristen Brownell L ord, how can so small a word cause such pain? Indeed, the gift becomes too abstract when Words, easily said,...

Recently, a friend of mine suggested that if a patron of the arts were to bestow upon her an Apple iPad, it would help to "enhance her ...

For “Her” You come to me again, ethereal, in the gathering mist of my slumber, a vision so vivid I reach out to feel the warmth of your skin...