The little piece of newspaper, crisp and dark with age, flutters out of the gritty space between the fridge and the cabinet. I am cleaning the house while my wife is at school and at first I don’t understand.

They approach in hungry morning light, treading the path to the ridge and the row of giant’s teeth grown crooked with the ages

Chad, an aspiring author, sank into his easy chair and drifted into a
reverie.

Writing is both a way of making life more liveable and of making ourselves more whole. Words have a being-ness: when we write poetry, we tap into a network of resonances.

this fresh morning
so much like the others …
yet starlings shape-shift

calm river
again, his fishing line
caught on a tree

lightning flashes
everyone stands
still

end-of-day catch
our wicker basket full
of salmon sunset

With every book I sell, with every piece of clothing I give away . . .