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 shovel: “Are you my mother?” I related to the bird then as I do now, though I have a different question that I have always asked that I continue to ask the cow the boat the airplane the phone the dishwasher the can of coca cola the gas nozzle the strip mall the televangelist the rock guitarist the comic book the archaeologist the generative algorithm the charcoal grill the drone the […]
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 to YouTube and TikTok. The book will be published in a limited, hand-bound edition this June (2025). Here’s the intro video:
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 from from past mistakes or knowing history My troubles come from liars trying to trash democracy My troubles don’t come from children or from those who have the least My troubles don’t come from old folks who deserve a few years of peace My troubles don’t come from nature or lands left wild and free My troubles come from tyrants trying to bring back tyranny My troubles don’t come from […]
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 is never optimal, and usually toxic, for cooperative social goals like peace, prosperity, shared meaning.