More Than the Sound and the Spelling

There's a music that transcends hip-hop, rock and roll, even jazz.

The Sun Knows

Mother Nature powers up her cellphone everyday and calls it dawn.

The Dream of a Flower

It's how we know The World is alive.

I Learned to Walk Again

2026.02.13 Four years ago an SUV traveling around fifty miles an hour crossed a double yellow and drove right into my driver's seat.

A Little Wonder with Your Breakfast

It's how poets think; it's what's lacking.

We Don't Talk Much About It Anymore

2026.02.11 The feeling has lived so long in the shadows it feels like a sixth sense.

People Who Enjoy Quiet Rooms

If everyone in the World could easily sit quietly in a room alone everyday for thirty minutes, almost every tragedy of humanity would subside.

Reliable Beauty

2026.02.09 If you think of The Cosmetics Aisle at your local store, I apologize for American Poetry's neglect of Beauty.

A Portfolio of Your Dreams

Surround yourself with so much evidence of the work you love that you're undeniable.

But Monkeys Don't Read

Words make dreams into realities to witness and share.