A newly-wedded friend recently traveled to his bride’s out-of-town family christening, a conclave that he couldn’t have been dragged to in any of his pre-wedded years had… Read more “WINNERS”
Category: Poem
MORNING RUNS
* Those morning runs `cross fields of green, Where the hills rolled high and low, When the sun’s slant glazed with honeyed light, and the dew was… Read more “MORNING RUNS”
RACE DAY
* We’ve seen it through the full of our years, from first steps to fully-engaged gears, It rises from the need, to engage with one’s speed, challenges… Read more “RACE DAY”
BECOMING THE FIRE
He ran as if the smell of savage musk had filled his flaring nostrils, As eyes ablaze, he ripped the constant earth with greedy strides. Ahead, ever-left… Read more “BECOMING THE FIRE”
MY CARD IS ME
My card is me, rough-edged, numbered, dated, stamped, required, revoked, disputed, reclaimed, smiling, addressed, pictured, heat-sealed and ruled. Without my card, you can’t see me. Make all appointments… Read more “MY CARD IS ME”
BECAUSE WE RACED TOGETHER
Because we raced together, in climes both bright and gray, Often finding pleasure, embracing pain that way, We never thought it curious, as the distance fell hard… Read more “BECAUSE WE RACED TOGETHER”
CHUNKY MONKEY CONVENIENCE
*** ***** “I could really use some ice cream.” “Wait till the next commercial, and I’ll go over to Store 24.” “Think they’ll deliver?” “From across the street?”… Read more “CHUNKY MONKEY CONVENIENCE”
