okay -- although the initial response was positive, I got precisely zero response to the first installment of my memoirs. No response, positive or otherwise. Whereas that's perfeclty okay, I'm not yet on a roll and am unsure if I should continue ( Read more... )

the scars where my hands were ( Read more... )

There was some positive response to the commentary for the poem I posted the other day, so I thought I'd post the other poem I mentioned.

I wrote this shortly after 9/11.

one lovehey stranger ( Read more... )

[ this was inspired by a piece I heard at a recent reading. I think it works very well as a spoken piece -- maybe not so much as a written one. As such, you might want to read it. You know, aloud. ]

[ oh, and I'm cutting it because it's long. Saving f-lists and all that. ]

( tin cans and string )

I need some help, here. Please ( Read more... )

omission of wordsI am made from words, and my life ( Read more... )

The Farthest Distance in The World
by Rabindranath TagoreThe farthest distance in the world ( Read more... )