Creative Writing

“All of Us,” a 74-line poem about becoming a couple after the first wife dies, won an Honorable Mention in the Oregon Poetry’s Association Spring 2015 contest. Watershed Review “Dating a Dutch Scientist” and “Gold in the Mouth” in its December 2014 issue. Several of these poems appear in Saturday Afternoons, published March 2009. My photograph, “Laundry, San Felipe,” shot in Mexico’s Yucatan, is on the book’s cover. The Harney County poems come from my spring stint as the 2009 Eastern Oregon Writer-in-Residence.
Divorce (Kentucky 1970)
She asked me to come early,
called me to the bedroom,
stood still as a soldier
in her slip Read More
Sea Level
A child
exploring, head down,
pushing a stick through
sandy debris, poking Read More
Comfort Haiku
(dedicated to my nephew George Allen) Read More
Loving Miro
Our parents took us to museums
like they ushered us to church.
No questions asked,
voices lowered to a whisper, Read More
Respect Crows
Crows hold grudges.
They memorize your mug
when you play nice,
and make you pay Read More