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
Observations on life, society, and how to be human and humane in a complex world dominated by technology
A collection of my poems
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
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
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
I wrote this poem in Spanish and then in English. I ask those whose ability in Spanish is greater than mine to forgive my errors. … Read more
I began this poem more than a decade ago and have revised it several times since, including an earlier version I posted here a few … Read more
Here is another poem in Spanish, this one about the wallet I found recently that belonged to my father who died nearly thirty years ago. … Read more
Here is a poem I wrote recently in Spanish, about monsoon storms in the Sonoran Desert. El desierto huele como la lluvia El sol … Read more