Monthly Archives: January 2012

In the workshop we gave last Saturday, at the end of the day I passed out post cards with stamps on them, and asked the writers to send an “illuminated” Poetry Post Card to someone they love, without using the … Continue reading →

Kisses, Not Kisses The flesh is not the flesh when flesh becomes our talisman for what we think we want and what we want burns in a truth beyond our lust. The kiss is not the kiss, the hand on … Continue reading →

May I share with you this quote I love,from Tagore. The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day and runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. I feel my limbs are made glorious … Continue reading →

Driving west-bound on Uintah street to get to the Martin Luther King memorial breakfast, I saw a pair of sneakers hanging from the power line — is that the first step someone took to get to heaven? Anyhow, I have … Continue reading →

After eating half of a grapefruit I opened this week’s New Yorker, the back cover that is, to start my day with the humor of the cartoons, and the inside of the back cover shows a glaring bright white-hot car headlight … Continue reading →

The ocean of sky shimmers, waves breaking the light into my cupped hands.