2021-01-21 06:59
Amanda Gorman. January 20th. You took the hope that is America, held her on your tongue, then spoke her real again for all of us Read More
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2021-01-11 08:41
With all that has gone on this past week, I completely forgot that Spillwords Press was publishing my poem, Where the Stone Turns to Fire, on the ninth. Fortunately, a friend in the UK email… Read More
2020-11-13 03:48
Ashes and Wine is a collection of engaging poems, aphorisms, epigrams, and short prose pieces that deals with a family of related themes, including vulnerability and authenticity, abuse and… Read More
2020-11-11 12:12
Suppose it was the custom for us humans to give each year an official epitaph. Say, all of humanity voted on December 31st in order to select a pithy few words summarizing the year that was… Read More
2020-11-07 16:29
A Secret Shared Ages ago. That first secret you shared. What was it now? It was a window, wasn’t it? A window into your self that you cracked open just enough for a slight breez… Read More
2020-11-06 16:34
Dear Reader, Yesterday evening, at 8:18PM Mountain Time, my most recent book, Ashes and Wine, went live on Amazon. “Going live” is what Amazon calls “published”. The… Read More
2020-10-12 15:21
Did you hear about the poet who lost her job? She walked into a bar afterwards, told the bartender to ‘set them up’ because she’d been fired. “What!” Says the b… Read More
2020-10-01 23:25
DON: Hello? PAUL: Don, it’s Paul. Did you feel the earthquake last night? DON: Earthquake! There was an earthquake? When! What time? PAUL:&nbs&hell…Read More
2020-09-28 07:06
Dear Paul, Like some people, I blog in the nude. As a precaution, I lock my bedroom door so that my eight year-old son doesn’t walk in on his mommy while I’m in such a stat… Read More
2020-09-24 04:12
First Fall of my life I’ve been unhappy to live in America. Never thought it possible. Time to fight Read More
2020-09-16 07:53
Anything that can be made beautiful can be made an art. Anything that can be made empirical can be made a science. And anything that can be made ugly can be made a politics Read More
2020-08-28 16:09
The thought occurs to me this morning that perhaps the reason some talk show hosts talk over their guests is because they could not win a dispute in a fair fight. That is, they could n… Read More
2020-08-20 10:47
“My life is a farce.” She said. “I prefer pears, I eat pasta. I need travel, I stay put. My look’s auburn, I’m born blonde. I love books, I watch soaps. Marry m… Read More
2020-08-15 20:46
That first secret you shared. Ages ago. What was it now? It was a window, wasn’t it? A window into your self that you cracked open just enough for a slight breeze to slip through beari… Read More
2020-08-14 12:16
Yesterday, I had just finished printing out a poem for my next book, when someone knocked. It was Molly, come to visit me with her dog, Silver. I am clueless what triggered her, but th… Read More
2020-08-07 00:39
I have prepared for your pleasure a free Sampler of nine poems from Sunburst Woman: And Other Poems About Intimacy. These poems are honest, down-to-earth, and accessible. They us… Read More
2020-08-06 23:11
It’s hard to be a good writer without being a great reader. The man who taught me that was a family friend and high school teacher who lived down the block from me while I was growing… Read More
2020-07-07 23:30
The wind rose. The sky darkened. The leaves fell, then the rain. The weather today struck like a poem Read More
2020-06-28 22:33
Rising winds. Falling lives. It rains. It rains. It rains Read More
2020-06-07 06:16
I don’t even like rabbits. But there was a rabbit showed up in my yard late Winter. He wasn’t shy. He wouldn’t run until the last moment.. It got to where around the time o… Read More
2020-05-31 22:44
My mother, who passed away three years ago a few months beyond her 99th birthday, often told me how important being able to entertain oneself can be to one’s happiness. She was very ki… Read More
2020-04-29 09:10
My second ex-wife thought I was so good in bed that I must be god. Sometimes in bed, she would call me “God! God!” But then at other times, she would call me, “Jim! Oh, Jim… Read More
2020-04-04 02:27
I was trying to shelter in place last night when six burly police officers barged in and evicted me! Incredible! I am so angry with whoever it was that reported to the police I was shelterin… Read More
2020-03-23 12:13
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2020-03-15 12:28
Sitting in Rico’s On a winter’s afternoon. Recalling how Meili was so beautiful That I thought her name was “Life”. Thinking how fate Arrived on a pale horse to part… Read More
2020-03-14 02:59
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2020-03-08 21:29
At my mother’s funeral in 2017, two men (besides my younger brother) separately and without prompting told me she was the “strongest person” they had ever known. A t… Read More
2020-03-07 02:56
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2020-03-01 17:41
2020-02-28 10:36
2020-02-27 02:58
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2020-02-24 01:40
I remember that freezing morning Up on Rampart Reservoir When we huddled on the couch In your family’s cabin. The Wolf Moon Wind tore from the northwest Across the lake like a pissed-o… Read More
2020-02-23 10:34
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2020-02-18 04:46
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2020-02-15 14:46
Your hair is spread across our pillow Like tongues of blue-black fire. Your face is composed and dignified, Your lips are full and brave. Your eyes embrace the world’s depths, Your che… Read More
2020-02-14 04:24
Dear Reader, For a limited time, I am making available to you for free download from Amazon, a digital copy of my debut poetry book, Sunburst Woman. Beginning midnight tonight Pacific… Read More
2020-02-10 01:41
When we were saying our goodbyes, A lock of your hair Fell across your face. Without a thought, my fingers lifted Of their own gentle will To brush it aside. Then you spoke with both Your to… Read More
2020-01-24 21:35
I know Yaozu is fascinating, niece, But please remember, The moth is drawn to the flame Not because she understands fire, But because she does not. . — Sunburst Woman (and other poems… Read More
2020-01-06 12:23
Inscrutable Japan? Imagine an homogeneous people Separated by customary formality Trying to find ways around their traditions And get close. Inscrutable America? Imagine a diverse people Sep… Read More
2019-12-22 09:55
Another poem from my forthcoming collection, “Sunburst Woman”. . Do you make a difference? Is that your question? Well of course you do! You are the waterfall Which cleans the ai… Read More
2019-12-20 04:49
I know how the gods Sang the world into existence For I have heard Tan WeiWei. Read More
2019-12-18 18:40
From my forthcoming collection of poems, Sunburst Woman, which will be available on Amazon by the end of this month. For some, “Love is war”. Interesting theory. But where… Read More
2019-12-16 04:19
Here is a sample of the poetry you will find in my forthcoming book, “Sunburst Woman”. . One Has Been Like the Mountains Renee once camped alone in the Wet Mountains For a month… Read More
2019-12-15 11:08
Within the next ten days, I intend to self-publish a collection of poems on the subject of intimacy and love. The collection will be called Sunburst Woman. It will include both some of… Read More
2019-12-09 17:01
No one is shocked these says, Have you noticed that? Only each day, you can add another million of us To the list of those who are disgusted Read More
2019-12-08 20:34
Recently, an artist created two “works”, one of which sold for 120,000 dollars and the other for 150,000 dollars. Each installation consisted solely of a ripe banana duct taped t… Read More
2019-12-05 02:40
Do not travel with the crowd for companionship. For there is no companionship in crowds, Only company. Do not travel alone to avoid the madness of crowds For hermits and prisoners in solitar… Read More
2019-12-01 01:45
May your good days outnumber, surround, and capture your bad. Paul Read More
2019-11-29 08:33
“I love you”, I said. “Come in”, she replied, “The water is warm.” “But I have not swam in years”. I balked, And the water is deeper than I&rs&hell…Read More
2019-11-27 12:59
Sitting on patio Must rub eyes Day too beautiful To believe Always Such stunning beauty Reminds me Of you Read More
2019-11-25 17:35
Look! See the brilliant sunlight on those white clouds? That was your grin the morning after Our first sleep Read More
2019-11-23 23:26
Your words traveled my heart, Caressed me for hours last night Like notes in some eternal song. Your voice became my voice, And my voice became yours. We loved so well, We forgot we were lov… Read More
2019-11-23 00:23
I am never quite sure When I look to horizons If the light that I see Is the dawn or the dusk? Love can endure Without being alive, Lovers can turn, Turn into stone. But some things that die… Read More
2019-11-18 08:25
The hardest thing about writing a book of poetry is forgiving yourself for not being a better poet. There is a finality to putting something in print, a finality that is not there when you p… Read More
2019-11-18 03:54
(1) Inside us all is a girl or boy Of about thirteen who means well. There are a whole lot of things She or he is not sure they know, Not at all sure they know. But they are certain True lov… Read More
2019-11-14 00:30
I want to open The western gate. I want to open The setting sun And pass through to the night. I want to seize heaven And shake down the fiery stars. I want to seize the stars And with my li… Read More
2019-11-02 10:32
I You were young, So young when it happened, So young that I remember You still needed to believe Good always comes to good people And evil never comes to good people, And evil never comes… Read More
2019-10-31 03:51
Writing a poem Is like training a dog. The poem loves you. It loves you and it is loyal to you. It is loyal to you and it wants to obey you – but But sometimes… Sometimes it loo… Read More
2019-10-27 16:21
“I don’t get why people can’t just be nice to one another, it isn’t even that hard. Assholes give poets good material though.” — Andreas Blaustein I… Read More
2019-10-26 02:04
It is curious how often we are coconuts. How often we are seeds, just seeds. Seeds drifting for decades in a desert That holds nothing for us, except waves And more waves, and storms, and wa… Read More
2019-10-26 02:04
It is curious how often we are coconuts. How often we are seeds, just seeds. Seeds drifting for decades in a desert That holds nothing for us, except waves And more waves, and storms, and wa… Read More
2019-10-22 16:55
What have you been studying recently? What’s the most striking thing you have found out? ……. I take notes when reading up on something. I have done almost no reading up o… Read More
2019-10-08 03:34
A friend of mine just a few minutes ago referred to my personality as “exciting as a literary review of blogs about sock drawers.” I am still laughing because, of course, he was… Read More
2019-09-06 04:35
My dear, my darling, my beloved, We fit, you and I, we fit each other so well. I glove you. Yours, Paul Read More
2019-09-05 22:30
My dear, my darling, my heart, Without you, I would never start. I would stay in bed beyond the dawn. I would miss the dew upon my lawn. I would not smell the morning air. I would not wake… Read More
2019-09-04 11:52
My dear, my darling, my love, You are the flower bed of my heart. I love you so mulch. Yours, Paul Read More
2019-08-29 02:58
If you are not now and then falling on your face, you are not reaching to do your best, you are not trying to achieve your excellence, your arete. You are not trying to achieve your arete, y… Read More
2019-08-26 06:03
You do not know who you are until you have scars. Read More
2019-08-19 12:42
In the colding hours, The hours when shallow, daylight bravery Is asleep, And we are left with, thrown back upon, the courage That always comes at the cost of our surrender naked to another… Read More
2019-08-17 20:29
Gerp. GERP! Gerp! Gerp! Kerple. Gerp gerp kerple gerp! Some gerp Some poems gerp Some poems make gerp Some poems make no gerp Some poems make no sense. But then, Neither does politics Most d… Read More
2019-08-11 19:56
For you my love, For your love, my love, I would marry heaven to hell Then myself serve As their marriage counselor. For you my love, For you. For you my love, For your love, my love, I woul… Read More
2019-08-08 17:40
(Under a six-minute read.) I am of the firm, but alarming opinion that you, O Reader, woke up this very morning thirsting to know the real and true differences between a science, an art, and… Read More
2019-08-06 08:22
I want to open The western gate. I want to open The setting sun And pass through to the night. I want to seize heaven And shake down the fiery stars. The stars to brand on your thighs With m… Read More
2019-08-01 11:30
Some human on the TV was claiming that “meatless meat” vegan hamburgers are a plot by “Lucifarians”, as he called them, to “change your DNA so that you are no l… Read More
2019-07-25 20:23
I remember the night The wind took your clothes; Took your clothes and tossed them… — or was it your heart That tossed them away? I remember the night The wind took your will, T… Read More
2019-07-25 04:38
Between my beautiful neighbor And my beautiful self Is a high, proud, and ugly wall Called “Ideology”. She believes she can prove What she cannot prove, And I believe I can prove… Read More
2019-07-23 14:33
Originally posted on Fresh Hell: ? Some count blessings. Others count bleedings. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Read More
2019-07-23 06:08
On a good day, I have twelve average ideas and maybe one really good one. I sigh, try to focus on developing the one good idea, count my blessings. On a bad day, I have one average ide… Read More
2019-07-21 19:53
Before you come to love someone, you might tell them jokes in the hope she or he will like you. This is not a form of love, but rather a form of persuasion. After you come to love some… Read More
2019-07-21 06:16
I have recently become aware of something I should have noticed decades ago. Looking at a friend’s face is emotionally uplifting. I can hear your “D’uh’s”… Read More
2019-06-21 06:02
(1) I hear the leaves blow Against our door tonight. Dry leaves passing by, Scratching against our winter door. Sometimes I look up thinking, “She’s home”. But it’s o… Read More
2019-06-20 14:35
The air is warmer Than the spring tonight, Cooler than the summer. A half-moon has risen But I cannot recall Whether it waxes or it wanes. It is three in the morning and thunder Is rolling o… Read More
2019-06-19 15:53
Flashing lights explode in your eyes Like colored shrapnel. Second by second, Attacking music shakes your eardrums Near to goo. Now and then. Now and then, but rarely Some woman dances Her a… Read More
2019-06-18 22:12
Light a stick of jasmine tonight And I will light one too. A stick shall burn near the sea, And another near the mountains. Is not jasmine the same scent for everyone? Burn a tapering candle… Read More
2019-06-17 11:03
“Sex without intimacy is an unnecessarily complicated form of masturbation.” — Paul Sunstone Read More
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