TALLY HO!
I’m now of the age when my body’s a cage and I’m forced to take stock of amounts like cholesterol rates and the beats my heart makes, not to mention my current sperm count. And [...]
When You Cancel Me
When You Cancel Me When you cancel me someday (Don’t say you won’t; that’s what they always say) Don’t fail to strike me down with righteous zeal And have no sympathy for how I feel. [...]
“On” All The Time (Poem)
“ON” All The Time By Jim Meskimen When I was just a boy of nine when grownups gathered for party time I’d take it on to entertain, do voices, clown, and I’d take pains to [...]
The Spark
What makes the boulder split? Not thunderbolt, nor hurtling meteor or earthquake's jolt. To delicate and gossamer and fairy-fingered life the spalled rock cracks, surrenders. Once formidable, now hastening toward decline. Thus toils the lichen, [...]
Poem for People Who Prefer Starting to Stopping
The starter's gun, The rising sun, That chord when overture's begun The empty page, The fresh-poured glass, A newly sprouted blade of grass The bright "hello", The future plan, Made by some woman or some [...]
In Appreciation of Sunflowers
A single sunflower is some of the best evidence I know that miracles happen, not once, but often; innumerable as blossoms. Infinite, perhaps, or nearly. That’s good enough for me. I’m a big fan of [...]
Slap, Slap, Slap… short fiction
I hear the sound again, a rythmic slap, and know she is outside. A peek outside my front window thru the shutters verifies it– Iris. Iris, the early riser. Iris, the determined. Iris, the… kindergartner? [...]
YELLOW
“Change all the traffic lights in town from yellow, red and green to only yellow– THAT will bring improvement to the scene!” So said our mayor, in response to problems in our town, and passed [...]
The Unfortunate Captain
The passengers contentedly aboard the tall ship Liberty untroubled were by distant clouds which faultless eyesight scarce allowed. The captain didn’t help at all. Quoth he, “Yon storm is no mere squall, it’s Noah’s flood! [...]
The Beat Goes On
Roland, when he pondered it Felt that his heart would up and quit. This normally quite rational guy was certain he would shortly die. For when he let attention stray it wound up in his [...]