Feb 21, 2020

Flurries: a poem

#naturepoem #Poem #snowpoem

Dec 27, 2019

Poem for 2020

I pull off to pee at the Walt Whitman Wayside on the Jersey Turnpike. Through the woods from Camden where the poet lived his last, where...

Jul 20, 2019

One Small Step – a poem

Daddy said yes to the pool with that girl so I finished the sign Watermelons for Sale $1.00: that green and red slice made a half-moon...

Jul 14, 2019

She Said, He Not So Much – a poem

My father hardly spoke. My mother never quit. I’ve grown up with this yoke all because of it. You want to say it all like your mama did...

May 7, 2019

Prodigal’s Return: A Poem

The little pond back in the woods was my Walden before I’d ever heard of Thoreau. I’d wander there to skip a rock sit ponder let its...

Apr 24, 2019

New Poem Published

Deep South Magazine is posting a poem a day for National Poetry Month. Today’s my day! Read it here! #naturepoem #Poem

Mar 11, 2019

Going Back to New Orleans

In April, will be returning to New Orleans after some years away, attending an occupational therapy conference downtown. And will land...

Sep 24, 2018

A Thing They Call a House

I came back to this box where we I almost said live. That’s what they are, of course, with holes in the side, through which we sieve....

Aug 22, 2018

3:30 am

Ginny’s gone, but here’s a pome from before all that, in commiseration with all my Facebook friends who post in the middle of the night....

Jun 19, 2018

Walking the Dog

A week ago our beloved 7-year old golden retriever Ginny seemed in perfect health. Today our vet confirmed that the lumps we found at...

Aug 1, 2017

Intimation – a poem

It was that spring when my heart slowed I was dizzy. It rained a lot. I would be up alone with coffee on the porch and the sun lifting at...

Prose & Verse

Reading my Writing

The Birdman of Central Park - a story

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River Shadows - a poem

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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire - a poem

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Reading from The Night Doctor of Richmond - Book People bookshop June 8, 2024

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Videos & Photography

The Dazzlement - a poem

A poem based on a photograph of kids at Fork Union Baptist Church Sunday School, 1960.

WPFW-FM On the Margin interview with E. Ethelbert Miller discussing The Night Doctor of Richmond

Prose & Verse

Reading my Writing

Videos & Photography

The Dazzlement - a poem

Radio Interview