“A Vase of Flowers,” Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1750

Oil on canvas.

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Aim high.

Some people want to climb Everest. Some people want to sail around the world.

I’d love to be able to eat food without dripping it down the length of my white t-shirt like a goddamned jackass.

I should probably just stop buying white t-shirts.

Anyway, when I posted this on Facebook, the platform actually asked to help me raise money to figure this out.   Seriously.  Thanks, Facebook.

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“The Breeze,” Anne Brigman, 1910

Photograph.

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Poetry Pacific features “The Writer”

I’m so happy to share here that Poetry Pacific published a poem of mine yesterday in its 2021 issue — you can find “The Writer” right here.

Established in Vancouver in 2012, Poetry Pacific is now an annual publication, and this year’s edition includes 62 poets and four visual artists.  Thanks once again to Editor Yuan Changming for allowing me to share my work through this exemplary international online journal.



Poster for “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

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“Hotel by a Railroad,” Edward Hopper, 1952

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Lee Highway, Roanoke, Virginia

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Cover to Alanis Morissette’s “You Learn” Single, 1995

Warner Bros. Records.

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“Forever – is composed of Nows,” by Emily Dickinson

Forever – is composed of Nows –
‘Tis not a different time –
Except for Infiniteness –
And Latitude of Home –

From this – experienced Here –
Remove the Dates – to These –
Let Months dissolve in further Months –
And Years – exhale in Years –

Without Debate – or Pause –
Or Celebrated Days –
No different Our Years would be
From Anno Dominies –

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Nurse Your Favorite Heresies in Whispers