Saunasphere
It’s so hot, your brain sounds the alarm—
orders your body to pump water
from interior reserves,
hydrants in the blood, muscles, kidneys,
and brain itself—through dilated vessels
to the … Read more
United States of America
Senator Sanders in Detroit (aspiration)
We won’t see 7-cent gas again
so, no floor sweeper is going to sit
in the catbird seat of a spanking … Read more
Remembering the Day
Howard Stern was on the radio then, obscenity
for everyone – or was it just reality
in language we could understand? Until a plane
broke through the punchline
to a … Read more
The Old Banyan Tree
Scorched, but still standing
the media said of the massive tree
in the heart of Lahaina after fires
blazed through Maui so swiftly, the sea
offered the best chance of … Read more
“Hanging onto Growing Threads”
With the dirt washed away, I hang up the laundry and my child’s wardrobe,
Then, I encountered the obstacle of running out of smaller clothes hangers.
There’s no possible way … Read more
Aloha I Ka Hamau
Ka’u mau keiki
Holo! Holo!
Holo i ke kai!
Aia ma luna ou ka hanu o ka deragona,
Ua hoʻolapalapa kona huhū i kou mau ʻāina kapu.
Holo! Holo!
Holo … Read more
Shocking News Latest Revelations
We can’t of course see what’s
going on in the courtroom but
our sources inside the room are
relaying everything they see.
The most-indicted ex-president
in American history has been… Read more
Scordatura
Image by David Chorlton
Another Sunday best spent
indoors with a view
of the clouds building up and putting on
a monsoon face
only to empty their pockets
and dissolve. … Read more
What She Thought
for Sinéad O’Conner after Heather McHugh
The man who is now a statue,
wore a metal clamp in his tongue
while burned in the public square
for believing If God… Read more
Mick Jagger’s Birthday
Image of the sunrise on my street by David Chorlton
A long first look
glides down the street toward Four Peaks
and the awakening sky. It’s a friendly
view; sun … Read more
Phoenix Summer 2023
My feet are burning like sausage in a skillet
with eggs, sunny side up,
I poured my coffee early, but I can’t enjoy the aroma or warmth,
so I let … Read more
What Peter Nero Said
We shall play ‘Tea for Two’ – my right hand will be playing ‘Tea for Two’ while my left hand will play Tchaikovsky’s Fifth.
Maybe Nero was right about our … Read more