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[Dear NC Readers: Check out my article in the esteemed Our State Magazine this month! It’s a big break for me and the article covers a noteworthy topic for the state and particularly the [...]

I haven’t seen Parker in two weeks so when he comes over there is plenty to talk about. Mostly though, I watch how at ease I feel because I have no agenda. [Hello World! It’s me! I HAVE NO [...]

“What’s up, Schultzy?” This is Cam talking. Only Cam calls me Schultzy and I love it. We talk shop: poems, submissions, cents per word, the poet’s market, and my upcoming visit. He wants to know [...]

Truth and deception poem.Use an analogy. 20 minutes.Ready, set, go![all blogs copyrighted…duh] CURSE I could lie all dayto this computer screen,weave a story with the blinking cursorof your [...]

Bitter poem. About love, lust, loss.Quick. 150+ words, 15 minutes, first draft.Ready, set, go! BOYFRIEND BONFIRE It would never work, see,because I’d have to burn books— which I do not do. [...]

The universe heaves with messages today: A rejection letter from a nonfiction literary journal. (And when I read the note, I see that it is signed by a familiar name…quick, flip back through the [...]

This morning, the pee bucket is frozen solid on the porch. Rhododendron leaves huddle like pups. Dead leaves curve their spines in the morning light, kissed by frost. Glistening, they are like [...]

Two and a half days of meditation. My body hurts and my eyes feel popped open like corkscrews but still, my heart is at ease and my skin is porous to the world. The barrier between “me” and the [...]

I am meditation retreat this weekend. Here is a description of the study I am doing – though obviously not at this location: SHAMBHALA TRAINING LEVEL IV: AWAKENED HEART The next post will [...]

It’s a simple task, really. A friend of mine made glass tumblers out of Rolling Rock beer bottles for Britt. I’ve got the tumblers, she’s got the check. We have to meet in town [...]