Category Archives: Creative writing

A tiny porch light marks the bearing. Buoy markers rim the cross-channel: I back out of the confines of the slip Into the reflections of my navigation light Turn, and head into the darkness, onto the ripples That build in … Continue reading →

Stars, lights afar, the slap of the chop on the hull I drift out into the universe. Free fall. The air is cool. Birds scoop for bugs over the water Sudden phantoms veering like spooks. Weedbeds on either side Lights … Continue reading →

Around me sit gleaming masks That once would have planted in me Dreams of achievement and success Although there is a little of that Still here, it has diminished in insistance Compared to my desire to sit In my screened … Continue reading →