Poetry
I've been writing stories since I was in grade school. In college I began writing poetry and had some success along that line for a little over a decade. After moving west I shifted into a fiction mode, and that's pretty much where I've stayed. What you will find on this page are examples of my published work and several collections of my prose poetry.
Before printing or copying any of these poems please read my Rights Notice.
Selected Poems
- Throwaway Fish
Posted: March 6, 2012 (119 pages; 701 KB)
Selected prose poems from across my collections. These are my best, my favorites, and my published prose poems. If you're new to my poetry, this is where I'd start.
Collections
- Acorn Debris
Posted: February 17, 2012 (30 pages; 206 KB)
A little superficial philosophy and light religion. A collection of prose poems. - Annual Rings
Posted: February 17, 2012 (22 pages; 176 KB)
A collection of prose poems on everyday social interactions. - Another Visit
Posted: February 17, 2012 (47 pages; 305 KB)
The collected prose poems from across a tentative relationship. - Dark Eyes
Posted: February 17, 2012 (22 pages; 160 KB)
A collection of prose poems for her dark, deliberate eyes. - Family Religion
Posted: February 17, 2012 (32 pages; 234 KB)
A collection of prose poems from the home front. - Fissure Flow
- Posted: February 17, 2012 (35 pages; 255 KB)
Poems of the Aquarius Plateau. Formerly Hazard Pay on Boulder Mountain. - Horizontal Memories
Posted: February 17, 2012 (15 pages; 141 KB)
A natural collection of prose poems. - Juniper Wind
Posted: February 17, 2012 (31 pages; 222 KB)
The Nevada prose poems. - Little Birds
Posted: February 17, 2012 (31 pages; 212 KB)
Intermittent relationships along the Missouri: A collection of prose poems. - Momentary Realities
Posted: February 17, 2012 (30 pages; 231 KB)
A collection of prose poems on poetry and the arts. - Raking Gravel
Posted: February 17, 2012 (18 pages; 166 KB)
The Tucson prose poems. - Shifting Gears
Posted: February 17, 2012 (26 pages; 198 KB)
Desert relationships: A collection of prose poems. - Temporary Inspiration
Posted: February 17, 2012 (47 pages; 322 KB)
The Carter family trilogy: A collection of prose poems. - Twelve Obscenities
Posted: February 17, 2012 (26 pages; 209 KB)
Prose poems collected along the Wasatch Front.
Leftovers
- Best Forgotten
Posted: February 17, 2012) (39 pages; 256 KB)
A collection of throw away poems. - Obscene Calls
Posted: February 17, 2012) (13 pages; 128 KB)
Nasty little numbers and erotic prose poems.
If you're interested and over 18 send me an e-mail and I'll send you a free copy of this one.
"For the poet to love something means to catch it up in his imagination,
to warm it and foster it there, to play with it,
to saturate it with his own soul, to animate it with his own breath."
—H. Hesse