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An Ocean in a Clay Pot

The close of summer signifies a return to school and the end of vacation. It’s like knowing things are changing, but not being able to do anything about it. For

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Song of the Hermaphrodite

It’s national night out but no one’s out except pink ladies in gardens along Greeley Avenue and a German Shepherd who protects them.   I knew a woman once who pulled

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Wanting More

1. No better way to soothe the soul than by walking on the beach the waves in and out in and out no other sound a dog fetching a ball.

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What I Really Wanted to Say

I sliced the yellow onion into rings    the red bell pepper into strips marinated the chuck in garlic even watched a youtube video    to make sure I hadn’t missed anything

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Longview, Washington

Vista point from above the city on Highway 30 : log poles stacked horizontal to the Columbia River chalk-white plumes stretch taller. Cars cross the Lewis-Clark Bridge built by Joseph

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Two-Part Invention

Two members of a religious group beneath a yellow umbrella at the foot of Mt. Saint Helens sit beneath a sign asking if Peace is Possible. Basalt boulders from three separate

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