20 Days of Burning
A throw away spark lit that forest fire. A careless cigarette tossed from a car window and an entire state…
Slow Languid Fire
I am the earth’s crust, over a dormant volcano. The molten rock inside is buried miles deep — a slow…
The Dream and the Forest
The map of the kingdom of my heart Hangs on a wall behind my eyes A fragile civilization, perhaps Destroyed…
You Can’t Go Home Again
It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You…
On Moving On, Moving Up
It’s not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an…
Living a Creative Life
A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell…
A New Year: How Do You Want To Feel?
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.—T.S. Eliot Welcome, 2019. I…
2018 In Song
I am ready. For all of it. Bring it on, bitches. I’m on the brink. Push me off the edge….
On Winning NaNoWriMo 2018 And Other Hard Things
Maybe this time, finally, I have learned the lesson: stop mealy-mouthing and go do the thing. No mental hijacking required….
Coming Soon
Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North – meaning that…