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2026 (14)

2025 (14)

2024 (15)

2023 (89)

2022 (37)

2021 (49)

2020 (35)

2019 (55)

2018 (17)

2017 (24)

2016 (38)

2015 (14)

2014 (21)

2013 (19)

2012 (20)

2011 (14)

  • 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...
  • Aug 13, 2011   Tide
    Life is questions and answers,...
  • Jul 31, 2011   Hard enough
    If guilt or regret is an essential...
  • 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...
  • May 16, 2011   Poetry
    There is a pleasure in the...
  • May 1, 2011   Viewpoint
    Pray on the shadowy hillside of...
  • Jan 3, 2011   Glorious
    imagine how many glorious winters...

2010 (22)

2009 (41)

2008 (20)

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 (11)

  • 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...
  • May 31, 2000   At any time
    we are every moment of life living...
  • 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)

1998 (10)

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 till...
  • 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 (29)

  • 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 24, 1994   iNSANiTY
    Insanity is the sane mind...
  • 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)

1988 (7)

1987 (3)

1986 (1)

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