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2025 (10)

2024 (14)

2023 (88)

  • Dec 31, 2023   Elementary
    May you live long enough to let...
  • Dec 25, 2023   Christmas night
    great horned christmas caroling...
  • Dec 23, 2023   Deep calleth unto deep
    great mysterious multitudinous...
  • Dec 23, 2023   Realm of sorrow
    “Another call from the spiritual...
  • Dec 21, 2023   Weather reports 2023
    july the 19th overnight low...
  • Dec 17, 2023   Olvidando
    i am growing old — many leaves...
  • Dec 15, 2023   Looking back at myself
    i lost myself and panicked like a...
  • Dec 15, 2023   Dr Reubens
    laughed so hard i healed myself...
  • Dec 15, 2023   Deciduous
    just like trees my life is a...
  • Dec 13, 2023   How fares it?
    Thigh-bone said to breast-bone:...
  • Dec 13, 2023   That dreadful moment
    “Growing old… that...
  • Dec 11, 2023   Lapse
    At 2 pm, doves coo an afternoon...
  • Dec 4, 2023   Whirlwind
    bee-buzzed blooms wilt white into...
  • Dec 2, 2023   When you were a child
    When you were a child, on a summer...
  • Dec 1, 2023   Ember
    days in winter fall so short —...
  • Nov 29, 2023   Over & again
    If we don’t continually get...
  • Nov 24, 2023   Release
    the wisdom of  age takes...
  • Nov 24, 2023   An Artist’s Sorrows
    As the nightingale went home in...
  • Nov 21, 2023   Reeling
    fifty hit me a ton of bricks...
  • Nov 13, 2023   Movie review
    good luck to you, leo grande emma...
  • Nov 12, 2023   See me, hear me, I am fifty.
    the world may see dried-up and...
  • Oct 30, 2023   Smoldering
    From fires of young years live...
  • Oct 27, 2023   A long winter
    Santayana, the philosopher, warns...
  • Oct 26, 2023   The Poet, II
    My body was once a beautiful house...
  • Oct 25, 2023   XXXI
    My stiff-spread arms Break into...
  • Oct 18, 2023   Stoic
    I searched the history of grass,...
  • Oct 8, 2023   A curious glimmering thing
    “Time has proved that the...
  • Oct 1, 2023   Self-expression
    in the desert southwest doves call...
  • Sep 29, 2023   Early bird
    That trusty mockingbird — you...
  • Sep 28, 2023   Starlings
    European starlings multiply like...
  • Sep 27, 2023   Small things
    Small daily events wrap tendrils...
  • Sep 25, 2023   Don’t-do-it list
    currently i am about halfway...
  • Sep 21, 2023   Cutthroat
    squeeze...
  • Sep 16, 2023   Sweet life
    age split a cherry midlife is the...
  • Sep 16, 2023   Carrying
    pick out your fears worries,...
  • Sep 15, 2023   Fading out
    syl·​la·​bles in my life i...
  • Sep 15, 2023   Fading in
    i am naked and spinning unmasked...
  • Sep 13, 2023   Balancing act
    juggling three generations with my...
  • Sep 3, 2023   Re-learning at 49
    watching over the shoulder of...
  • Sep 2, 2023   49–17/20
    the walls of my prison crumble as...
  • Aug 31, 2023   Dark thoughts
    how the nighttime looks during a...
  • Aug 26, 2023   I Prepare to Face Fifty
    I am middle-aged. Fifty is upon...
  • Aug 21, 2023   The Sun-Shunner
    Trickling down from branch to...
  • Aug 21, 2023   My World
    If I had a big balloon Round as...
  • Aug 20, 2023   Westerly
    sunset casts shadows yet we see...
  • Aug 20, 2023   Rippling
    in nature i am water in the breeze...
  • Aug 20, 2023   Ravish
    it is raining! no, not water from...
  • Aug 18, 2023   So tired!
    “I have been awfully busy…...
  • Aug 10, 2023   U.$.A.
    America — toxic profit center of...
  • Aug 8, 2023   Blind cheerfulism
    “At any rate, I remain...
  • Aug 1, 2023   Entranced
    autumn leaves rustle the tension...
  • Jul 31, 2023   Monsoon love
    for the harsh heat wave wet...
  • Jul 30, 2023   Storm story
    princess lightning reigned it was...
  • Jul 30, 2023   Perimenopause
    freed pubescent girl finally...
  • Jul 30, 2023   It’s a dry heat streak
    full moon monsoon clouds glow pale...
  • Jul 29, 2023   Seeing $tars
    Star! Nope, rocket....
  • Jul 29, 2023   Big city night
    oh my gosh is that a star in...
  • Jul 27, 2023   Finally a bath!
    watching birds splash in...
  • Jul 26, 2023   Opening night
    monsoon winds tell tales lightning...
  • Jul 26, 2023   Thunderstorm
    boom rustle tip tap tippity clink...
  • Jul 26, 2023   Writing up a storm
    phoenix monsoon storm haboob...
  • Jul 22, 2023   Inflame
    the world we abuse roasting us...
  • Jul 13, 2023   Flux capacity
    Nature and wildlife are gradually...
  • Jul 13, 2023   Liftoff
    believing my wings were fragile...
  • Jul 13, 2023   Accelerant
    our apocalypse once in ultra slow...
  • Jul 13, 2023   CBT
    but the science bears out my...
  • Jul 11, 2023   Fixate
    lobotomy by sparrow beak brain...
  • Jul 2, 2023   That social fellow
    Where once I loved my flesh, That...
  • Jun 26, 2023   June — boom!
    In Phoenix, summer is a heat bomb...
  • Jun 23, 2023   Fractal
    shards of memory jagged-edged...
  • Mar 28, 2023   Keys to happiness
    “The key to happiness is...
  • Mar 26, 2023   Jettison
    Middle age is a heap of abandoned...
  • Mar 26, 2023   My heart
    God completed my heart then you...
  • Mar 26, 2023   Sugar shock
    my willpower has become a fraction...
  • Mar 25, 2023   Fell swoop
    Birds in the springtime —...
  • Mar 25, 2023   Agreed!
    “I don’t know of any...
  • Mar 4, 2023   Awake’ish
    my brain — desiccating deprived...
  • Mar 3, 2023   Juggernautical chaos
    do not even need to write poem...
  • Feb 26, 2023   In{j}ured
    they say i am sensitive and that...
  • Feb 22, 2023   One step forward…
    1922 image from Life magazine...
  • Feb 22, 2023   Wow!
    While researching an old quotation...
  • Feb 10, 2023   Now, in a Later Spring
    Once, long ago, I heard an old man...
  • Jan 20, 2023   Wondering
    she was wandering completely lost...
  • Jan 19, 2023   $ick
    in this day and age dealing with...
  • Jan 13, 2023   Weekly feels
    Saturday: Sunday: Monday: Tuesday:...
  • Jan 13, 2023   Zzzzzhakespeare
    reading in my cozy bed,...
  • Jan 6, 2023   Oh, we see it
    “Who so blind as not to see that...
  • Jan 2, 2023   Silence in the poet
    after a lifetime of doing almost...

2022 (37)

2021 (48)

2020 (35)

2019 (53)

2018 (17)

2017 (24)

2016 (38)

2015 (14)

2014 (21)

2013 (12)

2012 (20)

  • Dec 25, 2012   Reasonless
    there’s no reason grief and...
  • Dec 22, 2012   Gastronomical event
    apocalyptic  theory ...
  • Dec 21, 2012   Midwinter’s day
    Halfway in — this loveliness...
  • Oct 15, 2012   Eyes on eternity
    Life is so much clearer under the...
  • Jul 7, 2012   Quits
    If you let go of the things...
  • Jun 3, 2012   Tell-tale sign
    A signature is the shape of our...
  • Jun 1, 2012   Sappy
    A lumberjack’s best friend...
  • May 8, 2012   Tending
    Women blossom and re-blossom...
  • May 1, 2012   Reformulated
    Perhaps age is just youth —...
  • Apr 26, 2012   Poem of the April Palo Verde
    Yellow. Freaking. Everywhere....
  • Apr 11, 2012   Timekeeper
    Grief is historian of the heart....
  • Apr 6, 2012   Connections
    Those we love and lose are always...
  • Mar 31, 2012   Wrought
    Grief is processing what’s...
  • Mar 31, 2012   Remains
    Healing from grief is allowing the...
  • Mar 18, 2012   Tempest
    If your storm has lightning and...
  • Mar 9, 2012   Imperceptible
    Under the giving snow blossoms a...
  • Jan 14, 2012   Victorious
    This smile isn’t a lack of...
  • Jan 11, 2012   Lion’s outlook
    “I will hear not those who...
  • Jan 7, 2012   Nerve-inferno
    Fear is advance panic of...
  • Jan 6, 2012   Assault
    help please police help everywhere...

2011 (10)

  • Dec 22, 2011   Welcome, Winter
    Welcome, Winter. Your late dawns...
  • Dec 16, 2011   Angles
    The sun shines different ways in...
  • Aug 28, 2011   Seasonal emotions
    Shedding late-summer tears for the...
  • Jul 17, 2011   Rainbow’ish
    Red is passion-lit, pink is...
  • Jul 3, 2011   Summer-nap
    I drifted into a summer-nap under...
  • Jul 3, 2011   Fresh & green
    Our bodies run on the fresh green...
  • Jul 3, 2011   Unfocus
    Sometimes we must unfocus our way...
  • Jul 3, 2011   Dreams & greens
    For happy health, fuel yourself...
  • Jun 18, 2011   Vino diabólico
    There are spunky little angels at...
  • Jan 3, 2011   Glorious
    imagine how many glorious winters...

2010 (12)

2009 (41)

2008 (19)

2007 (28)

2006 (52)

2005 (19)

2004 (15)

  • Nov 30, 2004   Mind the monsters
    Did you really run into a monster...
  • Oct 31, 2004   Refined
    Candy is sugar that’s all...
  • Jul 29, 2004   Exhaustive
    Grief is all emotions wrapped into...
  • Jul 28, 2004   Caution
    Carelessness doesn’t bounce;...
  • Jul 3, 2004   Breaking & entering
    If you treat the unknown as a...
  • Jun 3, 2004   Splat!
    I don’t cry over spilt milk,...
  • May 22, 2004   Essence
    A poet can translate birdsong much...
  • May 13, 2004   Move it
    Too many of us have a skipping...
  • May 4, 2004   Wax & wane
    We may as well make friends with...
  • Apr 1, 2004   Once upon a thyme
    Desserts are the fairy tales of...
  • Mar 3, 2004   Fertilize & philosophize
    Weeds — is there really evil in...
  • Feb 25, 2004   Swellheads
    Egotism is overvaluing your little...
  • Feb 1, 2004   SOCial anxIETY
    You can’t spell social...
  • Jan 17, 2004   Live well
    Don’t trade your life for...
  • Jan 12, 2004   Startup
    Spring stirs under silent snow....

2003 (11)

2002 (13)

  • Dec 25, 2002   Unhoard
    Once you’ve whittled down to...
  • Dec 12, 2002   The chaos-harmony of life
    I swing like a kid and fall like...
  • Nov 16, 2002   Word altar
    An author can be just a writer,...
  • Oct 16, 2002   Mist
    I’ve only yet to see the...
  • Jun 8, 2002   Aye aye, skipper!
    When most people see an adult...
  • Jun 2, 2002   Plexus
    we feel poetry and art in the...
  • May 18, 2002   № Panic
    Breathe in so much gratitude that...
  • May 17, 2002   No, thanks
    Don’t feel guilty about...
  • May 13, 2002   Re-learning life
    Focus on the simple, good things...
  • Mar 31, 2002   Floral
    My mind is like a seed packet of...
  • Feb 3, 2002   Outlines of joy
    February is the border between...
  • Jan 12, 2002   Projected
    Many of my one-hour projects take...
  • Jan 1, 2002   Holding it together
    Gratitude is the glue that makes...

2001 (5)

2000 (10)

  • Dec 15, 2000   Upward
    I am not a wing but a feather —...
  • Oct 12, 2000   Talking inside out
    Friends make you smile — best...
  • Oct 9, 2000   Biblioinsomnia
    Up late with books, reading in...
  • Sep 29, 2000   Becoming
    How many have made ourselves ugly...
  • Aug 21, 2000   Dads
    “He didn’t tell me how to...
  • Jul 21, 2000   Living in clover
    “What a miserable thing life...
  • Jun 13, 2000   Selves-realization
    i am so many people it’s...
  • Mar 27, 2000   New measurements
    “The only man who behaved...
  • Feb 20, 2000   Falling
    Fear is imagination falling off a...
  • Feb 6, 2000   Pain gain
    Sometimes I get the feeling the...

1999 (13)

  • Dec 19, 1999   Dock & thistle
    Driving down the wrong road and...
  • Oct 27, 1999   Falling up
    Autumn is springtime in reverse....
  • Sep 11, 1999   Rain & shine
    Many things happen rain or shine,...
  • Sep 9, 1999   It’s okay
    Let your sorrow smile once in a...
  • Apr 23, 1999   Spring wings
    In springtime, love is carried on...
  • Feb 15, 1999   Weary
    “When the superficial wearies...
  • Feb 9, 1999   Demurrer
    A smile is the best defense...
  • Feb 8, 1999   Brotherly wisdom
    “If you ever change your...
  • Jan 21, 1999   A turning trial by fire
    Anger makes your life — and your...
  • Jan 12, 1999   Pain & struggle
    We can’t always see the...
  • Jan 12, 1999   Brimming
    Time pours his guests a cup of tea...
  • Jan 12, 1999   Notoolong
    We are only but guests at...
  • Jan 11, 1999   Seasonal wisdom
    learn from leaves green is go —...

1998 (10)

  • Sep 15, 1998   Be light
    Laughter is a feather. Anger is a...
  • Jul 26, 1998   Depths
    Grief is a haunted lake...
  • Jun 14, 1998   Sepulturæ
    Our bodies are the burial grounds...
  • May 18, 1998   Decide
    Life is a neverending series of...
  • May 15, 1998   Literary life
    My life is — in a word —...
  • Apr 16, 1998   Measureless
    Facts and figures are never the...
  • Apr 13, 1998   Inside the lines, outside the box
    Journal:  fitting your heart...
  • Apr 9, 1998   Seek & find
    “Seek freedom and become...
  • Jan 13, 1998   Bartleby
    How can something bother you if...
  • Jan 7, 1998   Dreams & ink
    Poetry is reverie on paper. Poets...

1997 (12)

  • Dec 9, 1997   Discomforts
    We are creatures trapped in...
  • Nov 14, 1997   Unabashed
    Don’t edit the demons —...
  • Nov 8, 1997   Run for it!
    Chase down your passion like...
  • Nov 6, 1997   Stride
    Walking gets the body moving, the...
  • Nov 6, 1997   Minds awash
    Belief stains darker, imprints...
  • Jul 11, 1997   Fortunate misfortunes
    Death bumps into life many times...
  • Mar 30, 1997   Nature lessons
    Can plants be happy? If they get...
  • Mar 8, 1997   In progress
    Be a student of life and a...
  • Feb 24, 1997   Ageless
    Walking:  the most ancient...
  • Feb 17, 1997   Illusions
    Religion is faith in anything...
  • Jan 4, 1997   Poetherapy
    Writing poetry is letting go —...
  • Jan 1, 1997   Eternally
    New beginnings happen every day....

1996 (27)

  • Oct 5, 1996   Emptiness
    when we lose someone we love...
  • Aug 29, 1996   Smoky
    Grief is love expressed in tears....
  • Aug 14, 1996   Forgotten
    Desert:  a piece of Earth...
  • Aug 4, 1996   Passed down
    To journal is a present of the...
  • Jun 22, 1996   Edging out
    Seasons depart peripherally. Terri...
  • Jun 17, 1996   Agony of anxious
    Fear not running from...
  • May 22, 1996   Chatterbox
    Prose is poetry that can’t...
  • May 5, 1996   Marriage material
    They loved with a love that was...
  • May 3, 1996   Proof of youth
    Be thou not ashamed of lust —...
  • May 3, 1996   Freedumb
    To burn one book is to burn the...
  • Apr 26, 1996   Depending
    Sometimes life gives honey  ...
  • Apr 18, 1996   Beary much
    There’s nothing like a...
  • Apr 17, 1996   Phoenix sunrise
    the seam between desert and night...
  • Apr 5, 1996   Openings
    Art is when you hear a knocking...
  • Apr 5, 1996   Grow love
    Plant love everywhere, so that it...
  • Apr 5, 1996   Tempus insaniam
    Please someone tell me— am I...
  • Apr 5, 1996   2int0x1c4t3d
    The first glass is a sedative, the...
  • Mar 8, 1996   Shrewd
    cactus is not cruel it is just so...
  • Mar 8, 1996   Cycles
    Death recycles life Life recycles...
  • Feb 18, 1996   Tenacious
    Reality is irritatingly obstinate...
  • Feb 17, 1996   Running scared
    Jogging is for those who...
  • Feb 14, 1996   Dreamy
    He woke me at midnight on February...
  • Feb 12, 1996   Tired of trying
    Even the sun can’t shine on...
  • Feb 5, 1996   Mind full
    Walking is good for solving...
  • Feb 5, 1996   Process
    Your healing will never be...
  • Feb 1, 1996   Logic all
    If the world were all logic,...
  • Jan 10, 1996   Haven
    My favorite place to be is...

1995 (19)

  • Dec 29, 1995   @Risk
    Life is like running with scissors...
  • Dec 22, 1995   Final draft
    When the poem just won’t...
  • Dec 14, 1995   Self-help
    The secret to wellness is being...
  • Nov 6, 1995   Stories of love
    In a new love, it’s easy to...
  • Sep 12, 1995   Petals & leaves
    i love to smell the flowers and...
  • Sep 9, 1995   Our path
    A morning walk starts us off on...
  • Aug 12, 1995   Campfire
    campfire flames kiss the night...
  • Aug 11, 1995   Free but homesick
    Only those in tune with nature...
  • Jul 13, 1995   Excite
    Lightning dances — Thunder...
  • Jul 8, 1995   Shortages
    Depression cuts supply...
  • Jun 10, 1995   Feelers
    The scars you can’t see are...
  • May 12, 1995   Chasing the past
    Chasing the past, I stumbled into...
  • May 3, 1995   Heart ink
    Keep a diary even if you rip it up...
  • May 1, 1995   INFj autopsy
    the autopsy will find — coloured...
  • Apr 29, 1995   Let’s have six
    just 1 dance, just 1 kiss, just 1...
  • Apr 26, 1995   Close quarters & distant dreams
    in good times and in bad...
  • Mar 14, 1995   Myelin
    I love you with all my bones —...
  • Feb 10, 1995   Check it out
    Knowledge lives at the library,...
  • Jan 12, 1995   In pieces
    The emotions are part of the...

1994 (28)

  • Dec 31, 1994   Becoming
    Decorate yourself from the inside...
  • Dec 24, 1994   Sick day
    Some days we can only hope that...
  • Dec 11, 1994   So easy, so hard
    My poems are love-drunk letters to...
  • Dec 4, 1994   Advice
    Have your final drink first —...
  • Dec 1, 1994   Envenom
    Lessons from jealousy and...
  • Oct 1, 1994   A dash of heat
    All other seasons in Phoenix are...
  • Sep 24, 1994   Illusionist
    The stars, like many other things,...
  • Sep 10, 1994   ¡Peligro!
    Evolution:  one small step...
  • Sep 3, 1994   Sharing secrets
    True love is letting someone else...
  • Aug 30, 1994   Give & take
    I was so in the present moment the...
  • Aug 18, 1994   Illumination
    As far as the Moon is concerned,...
  • Aug 1, 1994   Vs.
    poetry is combat— soul verses...
  • Jul 16, 1994   Down-mid-uptown
    I’m a coffee is half-full...
  • Jul 1, 1994   Groove
    Good music can make the difference...
  • Jun 17, 1994   X
    life is a treasure map and also...
  • Jun 11, 1994   Antennae
    Read instead of watch TV? Now...
  • May 3, 1994   Paper doesn’t forget
    We write to remember our nows...
  • Apr 30, 1994   Cicatrixoxo
    Most of our scars are internal....
  • Apr 22, 1994   Shaken, stirred
    Our passion and kisses were...
  • Apr 15, 1994   Sparks & sizzle
    Two people who have chemistry...
  • Apr 9, 1994   Cracked
    her head was cracked —  ...
  • Apr 5, 1994   Everyone, everywhere
    Hate less, live...
  • Mar 5, 1994   Out of the blue
    Birds are beautiful and amazing...
  • Feb 28, 1994   Two steps forward, one stumble backward
    There are two sides to every...
  • Feb 15, 1994   Tea Time
    Tea brings Time to a crawl, its...
  • Feb 8, 1994   Wheee!
    Sliding down the banister of life...
  • Jan 22, 1994   Inkdreaming
    the smell of ink is intoxicating...
  • Jan 18, 1994   Hear & Now
    Music echoes rhythms of the...

1993 (13)

1992 (10)

  • Dec 28, 1992   Posy
    Look! over yonder what a beautiful...
  • Dec 9, 1992   Saudade
    …and torture myself with...
  • Oct 1, 1992   Heartwritten
    Your prayer can be poetry, and...
  • Sep 23, 1992   Boom box philosophies
    Next time you’re mad, try...
  • Jul 19, 1992   Why does it hurt?
    My heart aches love for...
  • Feb 28, 1992   I got tested
    Yep, I’m an INFJ — an...
  • Feb 26, 1992   Alone
    For those uneasy with the world,...
  • Jan 31, 1992   Infinite reach
    Our wingspan is measured not in...
  • Jan 16, 1992   Poet’s id
    Two most important things in a...
  • Jan 5, 1992   Agonistic
    The toughest battle is...

1991 (12)

  • Dec 19, 1991   Homeward
    Weather is a great metaphor for...
  • Nov 26, 1991   Stellar
    Winter’s cold-black...
  • Oct 10, 1991   Sir Reality
    Some colors exist in dreams that...
  • Sep 29, 1991   Incorporated
    sunshine has no budget the sea no...
  • Sep 22, 1991   no Physics
    dancing under midnight stars on...
  • Sep 18, 1991   Consenses
    All we experience is reality...
  • Aug 28, 1991   Speedway
    The world is changing so fast...
  • May 18, 1991   No.
    “Bartleby, in a singularly mild,...
  • Apr 1, 1991   Infinite realities
    If something is just plain red,...
  • Mar 27, 1991   Healthy spell
    It’s no coincidence that...
  • Mar 9, 1991   Sylvia’s figs
    “I saw my life branching out...
  • Feb 24, 1991   Motherly perseverance
    Mother Nature is the ultimate...

1990 (9)

  • Dec 3, 1990   To Kopke & Ashley
    I like odd numbers — and the...
  • Nov 16, 1990   Perfectionism
    I beat myself up every day without...
  • Jul 10, 1990   Gilt
    Can a good person be both a tree...
  • Jun 8, 1990   Him
    He asked to meet He wanted to talk...
  • Apr 24, 1990   Sun-kissed
    what more pleasant sensation than...
  • Mar 6, 1990   Analysis
    Handwriting is...
  • Mar 3, 1990   Hiding from the sleep cops
    I’ve had such bad insomnia...
  • Jan 20, 1990   Solar energy
    The sun is nature’s...
  • Jan 3, 1990   Sway
    I suffer from pendulum feelings....

1989 (9)

  • Dec 30, 1989   Comforter
    Sometimes a really good nap is...
  • Oct 27, 1989   Abridged
    Just so you know, I lied about my...
  • Oct 21, 1989   Venules
    Passion does not study anatomy in...
  • May 19, 1989   Dissecting hearts
    If falling in love feels this...
  • May 13, 1989   Sessile
    Life is a dance of balance. Life...
  • May 12, 1989   Beyond the horizon
    I still believe in some faraway...
  • Apr 27, 1989   The next day
    A relationship will eventually...
  • Apr 6, 1989   Enthus¡asm
    Be the dot on the exclamation...
  • Jan 17, 1989   Insomniacaholic
    I’m an insomniacaholic if...

1988 (7)

1987 (3)

1986 (1)

Misattributed Quotes (16)