The Birth of an Idea — 1972 Have you ever wanted to write a novel? I have dreamed of writing a novel since I graduated from college almost fifty years ago. My first attempt occurred a year after I graduated. In the summer of 1972 I embarked on a four-month road trip that took me to the…

Eighteen Poets Who Have Influenced My Writing — From the thousands of poems and almost 200 books of poetry that I have read in the last fifty years, here are 18 poets I recommend that every creative person read. (I have provided a link that will take you to each poem mentioned.) All of these poets did most…

Insights into How My Writing Has Evolved — Haiku In the early years of my writing career, I focused solely on writing, reading and rewriting haiku. During a seven year period, I published over 125 haiku in more than 25 magazines including Modern Haiku, Dragonfly, and Cicada. …

A Story-Poem — I taste the strawberry moon that has risen above the trees in my yard. God must have planted it for me to find when it was ripe. What does it mean? And why should I care? I ask myself again and again. Sometimes there are no answers to the simplest questions. Sometimes God plays games with our hopes and fears…

A Story-Poem

A Story-Poem —

A Story-Poem — As I left the white church at the edge of town, I felt the hand of God on my shoulder. He guided me to a blue car in the parking lot where a gray-haired woman sat crying. I asked if she needed help. She was angry with God for letting her husband die. God reached out and healed her heart…

A Story-Poem —

A Story-Poem —