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The Terrible Duty
The terrible duty is to go to the end. – Clarice Lispector The New York Times has a great review out on a new anthology of short stories written by Brazilian Clarice Lispector, one of my favorite...
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Revel
When I wrote this poem, I thought it would be one of those pieces that never gets published. Much too quirky, I thought. So I was amazed when The East Bay Review accepted it for its summer issue....
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Wind Sculpture Rain Poem
Polish artist Jerzy Kedziora’s tight-rope sculptures had an active day recently. The sculptures are currently hanging outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art of North Miami’s campus, where I got to...
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Said and Done
I fear my capacity to guide Mistake toward fulfillment At times, I blame: The flurry of misprint, of crisis to unscramble; The renewed promise of classic self-improvement; The flat-water buoyancy...
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Crisis at Thirty
There is an undocumented age crisis that occurs in the early thirties. Indeed, the onset of this decade might mark the actual “coming of age.” Eighteen is still shrouded by the incredulous, protective...
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Profiled
Silver Birch Press, a Los Angeles-based publisher of poetry books and anthologies, recently ran a brief author profile on my work as a result of my contribution to their “Great Gatsby Anthology.” I’ve...
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Lego World
Lego is once again the proud leader of the toy world, surpassing Matel’s Barbie and Hot Wheels world dominance. This is good news for parents everywhere. The bright colored blocks have officially...
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The New Amerikan Thing
A small fence separates densely populated Tijuana, Mexico, right, from the United States in the Border Patrols San Diego Sector. Construction is underway to extend a secondary fence over the top of...
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La Pequeña Plaza (The Small Plaza)
Domingo 5 En ciudades pequeñas se renuncia al tamaño de la plaza. Ni pensar en recortar la esquina al crear la pequeña plaza. Ya se sabe de quién es, a quién pertenece. Camina en cuadrado, cuatro...
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Your Daughter’s Next Friend
A great cover accompanies an interesting article in this Sunday’s “The New York Times Magazine” on the soon-to-be-released talking Barbie
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Virginia’s Moment of Zen
Virginia Woolf mocks the wisemen of the world, and herself, in her story “The Mark on the Wall.” It is a stream of consciousness piece punctuated by irony and the whiny passage above. The rest I...
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A Sudden Collapse of Ice
Poems can sometimes behave like short stories, like very short stories. They set the scene, bring the reader in and then leave them with an uncertain longing. In just fifteen lines, the poem below...
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Out of Office
I will be on literary maternity leave for a month or so as my daughter Nina eases her way into the world. Greetings from newborn universe to all.
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Anthologized
On October 15th, Los Angeles based Silver Birch Press published a collection of 15 poetry chapbooks, written by 15 poets, each 15 pages long. I am very excited to report that my chapbook, titled...
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It’s a Mystery
Something incredible happened last weekend: I read a book. The best part was that it happened almost without me noticing. Due to the recent birth of my daughter, I’ve been unable to focus on, well,...
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Reverse Commute
I finally got my copy of “Ides” in the mail. Published by L.A.-based Silver Birch Press, it’s a collection of fifteen poetry chapbooks, including my own, “Reverse Commute.” The anthology is...
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The Public
From my chapbook “Reverse Commute,” published by Silver Birch Press. This poem was originally published in Big River Poetry Review under the title “Espíritu Santo.”
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“All” Is a Lie
I recently encountered the above plaque at one of the many schools I visited while searching for an elementary school for my son. It’s a verse from a poem that ranks among Margaret Atwood’s most...
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