How old was I when I first heard U2’s “Sunday, Bloody Sunday?” Thirteen? Fourteen? It doesn’t matter. I was hooked! percussion intro followed by that iconic arpeggio “I can’t close my eyes and make it go way!” A crushing riff, and pounding drum: Bono’s sung lyrics “broken bottles […]
crafting the world from the corpse of our first kill my brothers and I If only you could have seen it: sculpting mountains, rivers, stars… insight and wisdom for the cost of one eye, a worthwhile bargain as was my sacrifice of myself to myself Leading the Aesir […]
forsythia still damp with tears this soil I know what you crave, Pathfinder. You come to me for it, and I find that amusing. Of all the beings in the world, why would you come to me looking for peace? Have you not heard the stories? Do you […]
Somewhere, a freezing preteen in an Iroquois loincloth chants, “I have faith in God. He will keep me warm.” He holds a torch above his head, standing with a legion like himself–shivering on a cold night. A bonfire down a grassy slope ignites. The legion marches foward. While […]
Only when the paint wets every canvas space I dare to perceive In a God-given glimps when the last breath stills canvas space consumed I hold this perception tightly to my chest They find a way, always to pry me loose from treasures ordinary lives belong in these […]
Husband, Father, Writer, Teacher. American Haijin. Because Haikai matters!
