American sentences
The American sentence is a poetry form invented by Alan Ginsberg. It is similar to the classic haiku in that it has seventeen syllables. Instead … Read more
Poetry
A collection of my poems
Haiku on the theme of “Belonging”
For the sixth consecutive year, the Downtown Tucson Partnership together with the University of Arizona Poetry Center are sponsoring a “Haiku Hike” literary competition. For … Read more
An Echo of Mourning
A local writing group recently used “Echoes” as a composition prompt. Here is a poem on that theme, written in blank verse, unrhymed iambic pentameter. … Read more
Let us talk
I like words and the challenge of using them to capture ideas in clear sentences and elegant phrases. This poem is about words and love. … Read more