Dogslandia

 In the morning, what drags me from my bed Are the creatures that demand my care: the fish In their prison awaiting the warden’s blessed dis...

 I had a dream again about the bad times I was playing with my son in his room Laughter, telling stories to kids at home Is one of the great...

 The bear will take your heartbeat and there's nothing you or I can do about it, not because they're bears Huge, hulking things with...

 To live with a bear is to live with teeth Jaws strong enough to crush a coconut And a smell like death where it breathes The scratches on t...

 There is a bear in the house with us It goes where it will, growls and ambles We must be quiet, and stay calm, don’t stumble The bear will ...

A village of protagonists, all on quests, assemble: I have to explain, sometimes, to a person grown, That when they are no longer in the roo...

 Beware to have a child with someone who Only pretends to love because they’ve Seen love on tv and the podcasts tell them That love is all a...

  My next book comes out in November from Aqueduct Press. Cover art by J. Scott Coatsworth, design by Kath Wilhelm. https://www.aqueductpres...

 ten years ago, i thought I'd write a sonnet every day until the book i needed had the voice and ever since I write a little thing by ch...

 We must discuss this crust of stuff That clusters all around your bed Abandoned books and bits of mail unread And tea cups, coffee cups, wa...

 No time to work, no time to play, Not on things that matter, anyway Join the game of Monopoly Where everything sucks and nothing is free An...

 Be grateful you are offered a chance to help Be grateful I am asking you and demanding That all your hopes and visions of life are ending B...

 Gravity, that trickster fiend, finds us floating free Alone, and calls to pull us in where  We will be connected, forge a planet, swirl Dan...

 Because we would not stop for prayer, Prayer kindly stopped for us. The empty sky Needs no ablutions to alight with dawn’s red eye we pour ...