Category Archives: aging

Caregiver

In this prose-ish poem, I focus on Katisha, our Abyssinian cat, who actually nursed our old cat, Circe through her last days. Continue reading

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Here

At the end of summer vacation, the emptiness of those left behind to close up is sometimes unbearable. This poem explores this feeling. Continue reading

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Ranting old men

So a bicycle on a sidewalk cold cocks a pedestrian. What might a bleeding student thrown out his window into the night by masked mercenaries think of that as he falls too many storeys to an unmarked grave. And what … Continue reading

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