It was last year around this time when my brother announced he wanted to move.  The town he called home was inexpensive and rural, an easy commute to work., the kind of place you might drive through on the way to somewhere else.  It’s sole nod to modernity was a … Read the rest

If you hold a heart that sings secret songs
closely to your ear,
you can hear the words your parents spoke
when your father drew your mother near.

If you hold the hand that took too long,
the one that seems too far,
you can tell who loves you, who … Read the rest

“After the final no there comes a yes
And on that yes the future world depends.
No was the night. Yes is this present sun…”

There is an ambiguity with all good poetry, but this feels hopeful … like something pure that endures.

I’m a firm believer in the power … Read the rest