Modern Mage
Down the golden bridge rides the modern mageThrough the haze and into the ring of lightTo summon and exhort a mindless rageThat casts enchantment and calls for a fightAgainst the… Read More »Modern Mage
Down the golden bridge rides the modern mageThrough the haze and into the ring of lightTo summon and exhort a mindless rageThat casts enchantment and calls for a fightAgainst the… Read More »Modern Mage
My eyes popped open and silence filled my ears. I lay perfectly still for quite a long time with the cool blanket pressing down on me before I decided it… Read More »PW 85
As the death toll from COVID-19 tops 50,000, there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight. We hear good news from New York about the curve flattening there and… Read More »The Fall’s Gonna Kill Us
As I sit, or lie With implement in hand Waiting for the settling To calm the unsettled mind Random, yes and not Folding the images into Precise corners Feel my… Read More »The Shape of Touch
I’ve posted these previously but thought they were especially relevant today. #1 What’s left when rage has all but consumed you? A tempest swathed in paper-thin shell With a hoarse… Read More »Sonnets From the Wasteland 1 – 4
As the pandemic of 2020 has set upon us, I’ve had a lot of time to ponder the situation and reevaluate my stance on the current state of affairs. As… Read More »In Praise of Trumpian Tenets
April 18, 2020 Elected Officials and Appointees, Who would ever have imagined that our country and the world would ever be in the grip of a worldwide pandemic that threatens… Read More »Open Letter to All Elected Officials and Appointees
In any election, there are some winners who feel morally superior and losers who feel cheated. Then there are the 90% remaining who just move on with their lives. People… Read More »The Orange Peril: Branding Nationalism in America – Part 2
Call me a skeptic but, when it comes right down to it, I hate being sold anything. Regardless of whether it’s a car, a meal, prescription medication, and especially political… Read More »The Orange Peril: Branding Nationalism in America – Part 1
It’s been something like 5 weeks since the election but it seems more like 15. Every day, there’s some new appointment, tweet, or Electoral College dust-up that sets social media on… Read More »It’s the Response, Stupid