The opening of Canto I from my unfinished ghost story / murder-mystery. “The Vedanta” is the name of a bar in the story.

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The twinnet, a form made just for Twitter

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First of a new series of weekly sonnets. Your suggestions welcome! Read More...

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Roundel: I Do All Right. The text is here.

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The opening poem from my chapbook 44 Sonnets Read More...

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It’s over, and Carol’s making her statement to the police. The text is different, and I hope improved, from what I posted in the forums.

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Elaine and Jack in their final appearance

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A very late introduction.

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Backfilling a hole in the plot: Jack calls his lawyer from jail.

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I almost made him Jack’s Mystery Catt

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An ovillejo, a tangled ball of yarn, from Elaine in Ecstasy

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Jack has a chat with Hank.

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Jack gets busy.

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Elaine remembers her sister with Jack.

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Just what is going on?

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Carol and Sue share alarming news in their first real conversation in years.

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For first time, we hear Elaine, in a sevenling.

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A visit for consultation

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A confident Jack

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Sue's brain starts working starts working in my first dizain.

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Carol Looks for Help from the wrong man.

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Best friends forever

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A conspiracy revealed ...

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Jack doesn’t realize that Sue, in a Corner Booth, is listening while he tries to claim his hundred dollars.

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Jack just can't resist boasting a little.

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It seems that Jack has won his bet.

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They're all the same for Jack, Except for Sue

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He likes himself very much, so here's his Jack's Bragging Song

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Jack’s wife Sue gets her first turn in this rondeau redouble.

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High Stakes

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Caught

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Every poets needs help from time to time, so here's the Vedanta_Invocation.

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For five years my job every other Thursday was to get on stage with strangers and play music I'd never heard before. That’s
OpenMic

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A sample sonnet from my homemade chapbook, 44 Sonnets:
SomeStranger

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An ABC villanelle (tip of the hat to the Old Mole, Tad Richards) for the last native speaker of Eyak, Chief Marie Smith Jones

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VedantaFragment

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AloneInBed

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TrioletForABadCold

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ThisMornngsMan

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For My Love, On the Winter Solstice

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I read my new ovillejo to Krys, Before We Kissed

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I have left undone those things which I ought to have done …

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Reading "She's Out the Door" Read More...

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