Image from https://easy-peasy.ai The last few weeks, writing has slooooowed to a trickle. I told a friend recently that I feel like my brain took a vacation without telling me š (This also reminds me of the time I felt like the muses were on strike). Below is a poem I wrote last year whenContinueContinue reading “Head in the Clouds”
Category Archives: A Song of Glass: Dreams, Stories, and Poems
Finches
Birdsong has always caught the ear of the musician in me. Iām not the first. French composer Oliver Messiaen painstakingly translated a dozen or so birdsongs into musical notation, then composed a piece based on his research called, āCatalog of Birdsā. The last few years, Iāve gotten more intentional about listening to birds, despite myContinueContinue reading “Finches”
Street View
This week, I tallied poems and determined I have enough to work on self-publishing my next book, A Song of Glass. Iād like to add one more poem, and I need to write an introduction. Then I can start the (often arduous) process of setting the book up in Amazonās self-publishing platform. Poetry is oftenContinueContinue reading “Street View”
Forevermore
My wife and I did the math the other day, and found weāve been Valentines for 27 years or so. Over the years, Iāve given her a poem or two on Valentineās Day. This year I had no plan to but yesterday morning, I was inspired and dashed off the frolic below. More than likely,ContinueContinue reading “Forevermore”
The Clock Ticks
Writing is a process that even writers find mysterious. Thereās no one way to write. Every poem is its own journey, and Iām usually discovering what a poem is as much as writing it. There are also many ways to approach writing. Often I start with an experience or idea I want to capture inContinueContinue reading “The Clock Ticks”
A Haunting
Happy New Year š„³ Below is (probably) the only poem Iāve written about New Yearās. It will be in my next book, A Song of Glass. Iām about 80% done with this book so should self-publish it in the late spring or early summer of 2026. A HauntingI drift over to them, but they donātContinueContinue reading “A Haunting”
Black Friday
Black Friday unofficially kicks off the Christmas season for many. Weāre past Halloweāen and Thanksgiving so can concern ourselves with decking hallsā¦or other shoppers (as has happened now & then š). Black Friday is a shopping day of epic proportions. It carries the mythos of putting retailers āin the blackā again. Such drama must beContinueContinue reading “Black Friday”
Wonders
Some days I feel overwhelmed by the amount of human wreckage in the world. The causes are manyāselfishness, addiction, division, assault, unrest, economic strainā¦the list can seem endless. I often wonder how much more people can weather. But we are still here, and the original goodness of things still shows through in places. āWondersā isContinueContinue reading “Wonders”
Song a Someān Else
Walt Whitman is a celebrated American poet. His collection Leaves of Grass influenced generations of poets. While I canāt deny Whitmanās impact on American poetry, Iāve never been a fan. One manās trash is another manās treasure, as the old saying goes. āSong of Myselfā is an infamous poem from Leaves of Grass. The titleContinueContinue reading “Song a Someān Else”
Conundrum
Itās been awhileāquite awhileāsince I posted a haiku. As Iāve remarked before, I love haiku for their brief, impressionistic quality. āConundrumā is a haiku that will be in my upcoming book, A Song of Glass. Incidentally, the title poem in A Song of Glass is also a haiku. Brief poems deserve brief introductions. So withoutContinueContinue reading “Conundrum”
A Wandering Minstrel 