And what would you have me bring forth from this abyss if not sweetness?
Poetry
On that kid’s book with the lost bird
I remember, as a child, reading the book about the little lost bird wandering alone asking the same question to everything — the dog the cow the boat the airplane the steam […]
Athens - Poetry
Athenalogia video readings
I have launched a video series reading poems from the forthcoming poetry collection Athenalogia when I wrote during a journey to Athens in 2024. The series is being posted both […]
Poetry - Song Lyrics
My Troubles
My troubles don’t come from my lover She’s wise and kind and true My troubles don’t come from working folks doing all that we can do My troubles don’t come […]
Journal
Why the domineering fail
The energy and attention required to cooperate is fundamentally different — usually, at odds — with the energy and attention it takes to dominate. This is why overtly domineering leadership […]
Poetry - Song Lyrics
The country of unfinished dreams
In the country of unfinished dreams there’s one that still skips like a wreck there’s one that still skips like a record you left in the sun. In the country […]
Journal
The magic of meaninglessness
There’s an intriguing quote attributed to Giovanni Pico della Mirandola related in a review of the new book The Grammar of Angels: “Voices that mean nothing have more magical power […]
Article - Journal
Le Guin’s notes on fantasy tropes
I’m grappling with how to avoid formulaic fantasy tropes in my fiction writing. I lean into a nuanced character-centered novel with depth, set in a fantasy milieu, vs. a violent […]
Journal
Fantasy challenges
As I’m working on some fantasy fiction, a friend asked what was the most challenging part. I said: trying to balance buoyant imagination and believable realism. But maybe there is […]