Browse journal entries here by date written. I’m still working on adding items from previous years. Entries that have been modified since the original composed date are indicated with a ‘revised’ tag. For some untitled journal entries, titles have been added years after the original composition dates for the purpose of posting to this blog.
2023 (31)
- 9/16/23 Carrying
- 9/15/23 Fading in
- 9/15/23 Fading out
- 8/31/23 Dark thoughts
- 8/20/23 Westerly
- 8/20/23 Rippling
- 8/20/23 Ravish
- 7/31/23 Monsoon love
- 7/30/23 Storm story
- 7/30/23 Perimenopause
- 7/30/23 It’s a dry heat streak
- 7/29/23 City night
- 7/27/23 Finally a bath!
- 7/26/23 Opening night
- 7/26/23 Thunderstorm
- 7/26/23 Writing up a storm
- 7/22/23 Inflame
- 7/13/23 Accelerant
- 7/13/23 CBT
- 7/11/23 Fixate
- 6/23/23 Phoenix skies
- 6/23/23 Fractal
- 3/26/23 Sugar shock
- 3/25/23 Fell swoop
- 2/22/23 One step forward…
- 1/19/23 $ick
- 1/13/23 Weekly feels
- 1/13/23 Zzzzzhakespeare
- 1/6/23 Oh, we see it
- 1/4/23 Winter’s moon & ash tree
- 1/2/23 Silence in the poet
2022 (25)
- 11/29/22 Ducks at Granada Park
- 11/18/22 Spiraling
- 10/23/22 A turn for the better
- 9/4/22 September backyard
- 9/3/22 Stay the night
- 8/26/22 So simple
- 8/19/22 Charged
- 8/7/22 Alarm ringing true
- 8/5/22 Flight path
- 7/29/22 Desiccated
- 7/26/22 Delusions & cliffs
- 7/25/22 Alteration
- 6/18/22 Days end
- 6/8/22 Truly lost
- 5/21/22 Inkside out
- 5/15/22 Strangely normal
- 4/20/22 Hopeless?
- 4/16/22 Poems that stick with me
- 3/28/22 Bottled
- 3/25/22 Drive
- 2/12/22 Doppelgänger
- 2/12/22 Long ago now
- 1/29/22 Patient waiting
2021 (34)
- 12/22/21 Undoing
- 12/17/21 Hurtling
- 12/17/21 Existing
- 12/15/21 Carpe diem
- 12/15/21 Aaahhhhh!
- 12/14/21 Windy winter night
- 12/13/21 Umber
- 12/10/21 Veggie soup
- 12/8/21 Cozy
- 12/7/21 Autumn’s clock
- 12/1/21 December windows open
- 8/6/21 Creeping
- 8/6/21 Weighed down
- 7/20/21 Night haze
- 6/19/21 I accept you
- 6/18/21 Burning
- 4/18/21 Free spirit
- 4/13/21 Ecos
- 3/27/21 Strive & struggle
- 3/22/21 E. Markham portraits
- 3/3/21 Ossifight
- 2/25/21 Knees down, heart open, head up
- 2/9/21 Arise thankful
- 2/8/21 End of life
- 1/20/21 A lesson
- 1/20/21 Sofa
- 1/19/21 Autumn’s wake
- 1/19/21 In loss still they dance!
- 1/19/21 Lost in thought
- 1/11/21 Barely knowing
- 1/9/21 Value-able
- 1/7/21 Inflame them to madness
- 1/2/21 Rejoice, lament, meander
2020 (25)
- 11/14/20 Tilted
- 11/14/20 Enclosed
- 10/28/20 Real eyes
- 10/26/20 October-blood
- 10/10/20 Vanished
- 10/3/20 Slam–bang
- 9/22/20 My heart sees all the better
- 9/2/20 Battery
- 7/12/20 Eye floaters
- 7/11/20 Hindsight
- 5/22/20 Death lights heavy
- 5/16/20 Losing count
- 4/30/20 Talons
- 4/28/20 Mocking my insomnia
- 4/15/20 Flux
- 4/3/20 Feuille morte
- 3/25/20 Saguaro arms
- 2/17/20 Galactic gathering
- 2/8/20 Growing old
- 2/8/20 Your battle
- 1/28/20 Blend & blur
- 1/28/20 Desert winter departing
- 1/26/20 All kinds
- 1/14/20 At two-fifty-nine
- 1/2/20 Waking welcome
2019 (50)
- 11/26/19 Daze in a rut
- 11/24/19 A January day that lives forever
- 11/24/19 Memories shiver
- 11/5/19 Why we can’t let go
- 10/28/19 Change is in the air
- 10/27/19 Muted striations
- 10/13/19 Glow, shine, reflect
- 10/3/19 The fall of October
- 9/18/19 What I do
- 9/4/19 WILD’ness
- 9/4/19 Hoofprints
- 8/20/19 Fantastic shores
- 8/19/19 Book party!
- 8/5/19 Girl-heart
- 8/3/19 For want of wings
- 8/3/19 Fight for our lives
- 7/31/19 Goosebumps
- 7/19/19 Midlife midriff
- 7/10/19 Confabulations
- 6/3/19 Precarious
- 5/27/19 Memorial
- 5/27/19 This time last year
- 5/27/19 How to shine
- 5/17/19 Glows & blossoms
- 5/16/19 Killing nature
- 5/16/19 From the ashes
- 5/15/19 Dawn swirls to life
- 5/11/19 City-desert nightwalk
- 5/8/19 Water cycle
- 5/8/19 Saving y’all some time
- 5/6/19 O! Nature
- 5/4/19 Grief bores holes
- 4/7/19 Abrupt
- 4/6/19 Insomnia ticking
- 3/1/19 A thousand choices
- 2/12/19 Green grace
- 2/12/19 Desert weeds after heavy rains
- 1/26/19 Holes & tears
- 1/26/19 What 45 feels like at 3 a.m.
- 1/23/19 Rays & flickers
- 1/21/19 Emanate
- 1/21/19 Spirit-gears
- 1/17/19 Understanding death
- 1/13/19 None excluded
- 1/13/19 Whole body, whole spirit
- 1/13/19 Two A.M. drops
- 1/13/19 The feels & frights of aging
- 1/12/19 S.W.A.K.
- 1/11/19 Away
2018 (10)
- 10/21/18 Cold is relative
- 9/10/18 Midlife nights
- 8/18/18 Middle
- 8/9/18 Haunted
- 7/6/18 I am guilty too
- 7/4/18 I’m positive!
- 7/1/18 Know when
- 6/7/18 Awake & alone
- 5/28/18 Raindrop days, lightning moments
- 5/18/18 Forty-four
2017 (8)
- 12/28/17 Censorship
- 9/27/17 O! queso what?
- 8/15/17 Scoresheet
- 7/27/17 May you
- 5/13/17 In a hospital
- 5/5/17 Spring blazes color
- 3/20/17 Springfall
- 3/19/17 Seamless
2016 (16)
- 12/29/16 Let every blessing strengthen you
- 12/19/16 Winter lullaby
- 11/20/16 Anticipation
- 8/19/16 A typewriter & a teapot
- 8/8/16 The falling is mutual
- 8/8/16 In the autumn wood
- 7/26/16 Counting up
- 7/21/16 Spinning
- 4/28/16 Early morning goodbyes
- 3/13/16 Midair
- 3/13/16 Alchemy
- 3/12/16 Jovial vernal verse
- 3/3/16 Can’t freakin’ sleep
- 2/18/16 Springtime distractions
- 1/31/16 Dissent
- 1/7/16 Branching
2015 (7)
- 12/29/15 Chilly bedtime thoughts
- 10/19/15 Only bruises
- 10/17/15 A life with papers
- 10/16/15 Forty-two-tick-tock
- 9/2/15 Questions of the sky
- 6/5/15 They’ll be back
- 2/10/15 Iridescent
2014 (8)
- 12/14/14 Sound of winter leaves at night
- 9/11/14 Feel it, live it
- 9/4/14 Of letting be
- 4/5/14 There are actually eight
- 3/27/14 Spring out & in
- 3/26/14 Palm’s psalm
- 1/2/14 Unreasonably warm in Phoenix
2013 (4)
- 11/6/13 Afterfeather
- 10/4/13 Pearl grey
- 1/19/13 A Teeny-Tiny Ghost Story
2012 (4)
- 11/5/12 Kicked happy, fallen grateful
- 5/8/12 Tending
- 4/26/12 Poem of the April Palo Verde
- 4/6/12 Connections
2011 (7)
- 12/22/11 Welcome, Winter
- 12/16/11 Angles
- 8/28/11 Seasonal emotions
- 7/3/11 Summer-nap
- 7/3/11 Fresh & green
- 7/3/11 Unfocus
- 7/3/11 Dreams & greens
2010 (12)
- 12/30/10 Soul warmth
- 12/4/10 How to write a poem
- 10/29/10 Serenity & grace
- 10/22/10 Flaky crust happiness
- 10/7/10 Spectral harmonies
- 9/5/10 Missed
- 8/1/10 Queen of self
- 4/19/10 Asymmetrical kisses
- 3/22/10 Moonlit plum tree
- 1/26/10 Radiant joy
- 1/14/10 Windblown
2009 (19)
- 12/4/09 Classics declassified
- 11/29/09 Threads
- 11/25/09 Peaches & health
- 11/10/09 Simple but not empty
- 9/30/09 Healing stronger
- 9/16/09 Don’t cry, — rally!
- 9/16/09 Hard life, good life
- 7/22/09 Truly, love
- 7/3/09 Shared wonder
- 6/28/09 Earn it
- 6/11/09 Breakfast prayer
- 4/24/09 Capriccio
- 1/24/09 Poetry of spring
- 1/16/09 Yippee ki yo Friday!
- 1/10/09 The fight
- 1/10/09 Winter sparks
- 1/7/09 Selves
- 1/3/09 Clarity of breath
2008 (8)
- 12/31/08 Fairies of reality
- 12/29/08 Always true
- 12/26/08 Resonate
- 6/3/08 Letters from the garden
- 4/5/08 Spring is so —
- 3/13/08 Parti-colored
- 3/3/08 Well-becoming
2007 (17)
- 11/17/07 Waking to a newer than new day
- 11/5/07 Self battle
- 10/11/07 Remembering goes both ways
- 8/14/07 Year-round gratitude
- 8/4/07 Summer wonder
- 8/3/07 Sky-happy
- 7/7/07 Spirit moves
- 5/5/07 Blaring quiet
- 4/9/07 Calm in a cup
- 4/8/07 Helping freely
- 4/2/07 Brotherlove
- 3/26/07 Mind own secrets
- 3/11/07 The graceful and beauteous
- 3/4/07 Bright in bloom
- 3/4/07 Wintermind
- 1/26/07 A final breath in winter
- 1/14/07 Beautiful & unfair
2006 (13)
- 12/1/06 Meant-to’s
- 10/22/06 Internal listening
- 10/11/06 Anew
- 10/1/06 Wingèd workaholic
- 9/25/06 Elderberry prime
- 9/8/06 Good morning!
- 9/7/06 Dream power
- 9/7/06 Inner light
- 7/12/06 Old soil, new green
- 6/28/06 Immeasurable
- 1/3/06 Fragmental
- 1/3/06 Morning routine
2005 (9)
- 12/10/05 Pain is a story
- 10/19/05 Ever finding
- 10/1/05 Every dawn
- 2/28/05 History & destiny
- 2/26/05 Stop to smell the goodness
- 2/11/05 Prickly & proverbial
- 1/13/05 Stitches & seams
- 1/11/05 The path
- 1/11/05 Nerve us!
2004 (4)
- 11/30/04 Mind the monsters
- 6/3/04 Splat!
- 5/13/04 Move it
- 3/3/04 Fertilize & philosophize
2003 (7)
- 10/26/03 Pressed flowers are still pretty
- 10/5/03 After all
- 8/28/03 Real funny
- 6/3/03 Pierced flight
- 4/22/03 Alone in mid-night
- 4/22/03 Soiled
- 1/19/03 Inching along, leaving behind
2002 (7)
- 12/25/02 Unhoard
- 12/12/02 The chaos-harmony of life
- 11/16/02 Word altar
- 6/2/02 Plexus
- 5/13/02 Re-learning life
- 5/10/02 Asana
- 2/3/02 Outlines of joy
2001 (2)
- 9/29/01 Humble warrior
- 7/3/01 Symptoms, waiting for signs
2000 (4)
- 12/15/00 Upward
- 10/12/00 Talking inside out
- 8/14/00 Nineteen eighty-seven
- 2/6/00 Pain gain
1999 (3)
- 10/27/99 Falling up
- 6/20/99 Days after
- 1/21/99 A turning trial by fire
1998 (3)
- 3/17/98 Seek & find
- 1/13/98 Bartleby
1997 (2)
- 11/8/97 Run for it!
- 7/11/97 Fortunate misfortunes
1996 (5)
- 6/17/96 Agony of anxious
- 5/22/96 Valerian song
- 4/18/96 Time for gratitude
- 4/5/96 Who’s there?
- 4/5/96 Grow love
1995 (8)
- 12/29/95 @Risk
- 9/12/95 Petals & leaves
- 9/9/95 Our path
- 8/12/95 Campfire
- 7/13/95 Excite
- 5/12/95 Chasing the past
- 4/26/95 Close quarters & distant dreams
- 1/12/95 In pieces
1994 (10)
- 12/11/94 So easy, so hard
- 10/1/94 A dash of heat
- 7/16/94 Down-mid-uptown
- 5/3/94 Paper doesn’t forget
- 4/22/94 Shaken, stirred
- 4/15/94 Sparks & sizzle
- 4/9/94 Cracked
- 4/5/94 Everyone, everywhere
- 2/8/94 Wheee!
- 1/22/94 Inkdreaming
1993 (4)
- 12/31/93 Party angels
- 12/3/93 Voyages
- 4/3/93 From the library to the park
- 1/27/93 Giving is getting
1992 (2)
- 10/1/92 A lonely pen at night
- 2/28/92 Unsocial butterfly
1991 (1)
- 12/19/91 Homeward
1990 (1)
- 3/3/90 Hiding from the sleep cops
1989 (1)
- 1/17/89 Insomniacaholic
1988 (3)
- 4/16/88 April morning
- 3/13/88 Ribbons & shock
- 1/13/88 Rockers of science
1986 (1)
- 6/8/86 Happy in the forest