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Stars
The last poem in Sonneteer, the 2nd section of Other Voices Read More...
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Mysterious Ways
He comes home to find a drunk, injured woman on his porch. Read More...
Just Call Me Frank
Why do people disappear? And who is it that comes back? Read More...
Succubus
Be careful what you wish for. Read More...
Putting Clothes Away
She reminds him there’s work to be done before they can play. Read More...
First and Last Time
A Petrarchan sonnet but not a Petrarchan scenario ... Read More...
Filets de Poisson Mornay
He rose to the occasion, but the occasion passed him by ... Read More...
Gorilla Glue
I’m not sure why I always have a fake accent when I read this sonnet. Read More...
Got a Minute?
Another bedroom conversation in a sonnet ... Read More...
Once
an encounter in a rented room Read More...
The Fall
a long farewell Read More...
Too Late Now
A nightmare sonnet ... Read More...
Some Reasons Why
0616100409200620:3221:56Filed in: Sonnet, Petrarchan Sonnet
A poet contemplating his silliness. Read More...
Sonnets for My Stepdaughters
1516050409200610:2321:56Filed in: Sonnet
For Once
3016040409200623:2421:56Filed in: Petrarchan Sonnet, Sonnet
I found this sentence in ““Love,” by Lauren Slater, in the February 2006 ”National Geographic:“A good sex life can be as strong as Gorilla Glue, but who wants that stuff on your skin?” I had to make a poem for it. Read More...
Like Kingdom Come
1316040409200618:5821:56Filed in: Sonnet, Petrarchan Sonnet
Dancers at a hospice benefit. Read More...
Not a NaPoWriMo Sonnet
0216040409200621:5921:56Filed in: Sonnet
I’m not promising thirty poems this month. I’m not. Nosirree. Read More...
A Little Grace
2016030409200609:1121:56Filed in: Sonnet
God and grace and sex at church camp Read More...
Weekly Sonnet 2009: A Long Farewell
1816020409200612:0621:56Filed in: Sonnet
Weekly Sonnet 2009: That Summer
0716010409200622:4921:56Filed in: Sonnet
Petulant Muse
1016080408200622:5621:56Filed in: Sonnet
The opening poem from my chapbook 44 Sonnets Read More...
NaPoWriMo 2008: One Phone Call
2416040408200618:0621:56Filed in: Sonnet, Petrarchan Sonnet
NaPoWriMo 2008: Hard Rain
1616040408200622:0121:56Filed in: Sonnet, Petrarchan Sonnet
NaPoWriMo 2008: Don't Mess with Helen
1116040408200609:2021:56Filed in: Pushkin Stanza
NaPoWriMo 2008: Sue, in a Corner Booth
0816040408200619:5821:56Filed in: Pushkin Stanza, Sonnet
Jack doesn’t realize that Sue, in a Corner Booth, is listening while he tries to claim his hundred dollars.
Open Mic
1016020408200620:5721:56Filed in: Sonnet
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
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Some Stranger
0716020408200622:3121:56Filed in: Sonnet