Fears     for Peter Marin   Is it death          finally behind it?       pulling the plug                   on grandpa? End of life care-- One Tea Part y sign reads 'No more Afro-Leninism'   No guns for terrorists? 'You're with… more »

     THE ORDER OF THINGS                             (For Stanley Keleman)     The order of things   revealing itself permits us   the freedom of rest --   this, then, is our world.   Mathematicians know it   among numbers, thinkers   am… more »

                                                                    In Memoriam                                             (W.D. Snodgrass 1926-2009)   My friend has chosen how to die in Upstate New York under a winter sky with the snow fall… more »

The sky Exhausted now Settles back on blue High count Egyptian cotton sheets And pillowed on Wet earth Falls blank With sleep.   And we have time To tidy all the clutter up Before the quickening Below comes By the truckload Busting up It… more »

Valentine Sunday in San Miguel, sort of a lot going on, stopped for a beer with M. Night before big fiesta R. threw at Longhorn Barbecue, lots of food and drink. Breakfast near the Jardin, diner outside M's house with pina coladas and salad. World contin… more »

     IN  ANCIENT CHARGE   Charged up by the daily fury. No dice if there is not another spirit or play or bodily form outpacing desire. Notions of wealth come and go, artillery and engines bought & sold for war or traffic on the byway… more »

Saints 31, Colts 17 Drew Brees drops back in time to let the receivers loose & whips the spiraling ball downfield. So much care in the plaything, the object of joy a fathomless human gravity without error, a dance and a battle, armor… more »

Public television and a few other stationsAre educational and realizeThe possibilities of informationFree of the feel you get hacking aside thickJungle vines and underbrush watchingFor snakes, covered in sweat you won’tCleanse for days in pur… more »