all these words cluttering my mind spilling over onto paper which may be good or bad depending upon the reader’s viewpoint so what you say well… some people dislike what is written down particularly when the wrong people see it … Continue reading WORDS

dark’ning blackness churning chaos spinning senseless formless abyss… seven… darkness to light formless to firm earth and sea night and day fish and fowl creature and man… rest, for it is good contemplation oral narration written description the Word… rest, … Continue reading “I am from…”

Since you’ve been gone I’ve tended to A list of things long overdue: New windows, draft free, metal framed, I’ve draped to match the painted walls (How you grumbled at the glass The corner cutters had installed.) Soft rugs now … Continue reading Taking Stock Three Years Later  

CSUF-OLLI’s Poetry for Pleasure class begins compilation of its sixth poetry book. Gestalt is the working title and requests for submittal begin July, 2018 with planned publishing in the spring of 2019. Prior books include: Refractions of Life, Poetry for … Continue reading

Tracing the night sky circling what, a thousand stars? Five masts in tandem. The Royal Cloud rolls from side to side, fore and aft. Wind, sea, your life force. Continue reading Royal Cloud

Blues, yes, maybe even purples once rushing through veins quiescent. Limes, lemons, oranges persimmons rusts, blacks yes, maybe even purples. Leaves reflecting morning’s sun on last night’s rain scented earth lying amass composting happens. Where only yesterday yes, was it … Continue reading

The Fullerton Flashers flash mobbed Fullerton Day of Music, June 21, 2018. Dancing to “Up Town Funk,” “Happy” and “Foot Loose” we appeared at venues including the Museum Plaza, the Slide Bar, Bourbon Street, Roscoe’s, Wreckless and more. Thanks to … Continue reading

I swat at gnats busily buzzing by noiseless pestering my aura I bat my middlin’ strike out as one succumbs another lazes by endless parade relentless I swat at gnats universally insignificant why me who sics them on me what … Continue reading

George Michael’s lyrics to “Secret Love” come to mind as I watched the ballot bedlam after the closing of a Fullerton precinct June 5th. As a volunteer poll observer for Election Integrity Project California (EIPCa), I stayed after the polls … Continue reading

Give me your huddled masses, carefully screened. Give me your fingerprints, your photo IDs. Rid us of the wretched immigration policy so poor that imports terror onto our shore… Michael Ramirez, Los Angeles Times, November 1, 2001. Now the Los … Continue reading