Poetry
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English Haiku
There are few things more tedious than bad haiku written in English. They are the bane of every college, literature class. Here’s mine: Continue reading
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THE POET (A POEM)
A ridiculous nightmare in which I found myself back in college and attending an equally ridiculous poetry reading inspired this piece. After I wrote down the entire dream, I decided to focus solely on the poet. Continue reading
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A SUMMER HAIKU FOR MY MOM
To use a poetic form that is best suited for one language to compose a poem in another is always touch-and-go. And haiku is one such form. I think this works better as two lines rather than three. I wrote this in August of 2005 after seeing a small kite hung up on power lines… Continue reading
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THE THANG: A SCI-FI LULLABY
May 26, 2017. In a brittle issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction from November 1952, I stumbled across a short story entitled “Bem” by sci-fi author Charles T. Webb. His story so amused me that I decided to write my own using “Bem” as one inspiration and the 1897 UFO crash in Aurora,… Continue reading
MARTIAN DEATH RAY 