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Senyru 3

Wishing Middle of the night Sitting in the dark, awake Wishing sleep would come

Ignore your dog for too long and this happens: “Hey. I’m kind of bored. Could we do something? See, I brought you a toy. It’s my favorite toy. I’d like to play with this toy. Very much. I mean, you can see that right? No? Well, not right now, I guess. I’ll just lie hereContinue reading “Cats vs. Dogs: Boredom”

The Bell Cannot be Unrung

With sure, deft strokes Born of habit and practice I close the wound Like a brush Painting over graffiti The hateful words cannot be seen But they are still there Trapped now Never to be released

Cats vs. Dogs: Treats

Offer a dog and treat and this happens: “Hey! That smells great. I want that. I want that now. Really! Are you hearing me? I NEED that right now (shifts weight rapidly from one foot to the other). What part of now don’t you understand? Look at me. I’m hopping up and down. Now I’mContinue reading “Cats vs. Dogs: Treats”

Cats vs. Dogs: New Stuff

Change something in a dog’s environment and this happens: “Whoa! Wait a minute. What’s that? That’s never been there before. I don’t think I like it. I’ll just creep up on it and get a closer look. Whoa! Still don’t know what it is. Maybe I need to smell it. Gotta get a little closer.Continue reading “Cats vs. Dogs: New Stuff”

Imperfect Beauty

Bent like an old woman’s back Nearly double Brown and dry If perfect beauty exists This is not it Often it is what is not said That is most important

Daria’s Tale

I finally finished the novel. Then I finally finished proofreading and editing it. Then came the uploading and the checking and the re-uploading … repeatedly. But I came to a point where I thought it was about as good as I was going to get it and I pushed the publish button. That’s always aContinue reading “Daria’s Tale”

Senyru 2

As bare as are bones The trees have lost all their leaves Beauty still resides

Proof Copy

It’s kind of exciting and also anticlimactic when the first copy of your newest novel arrives. You spend months (sometimes much longer) agonizing over every word, how they sound and how they look. You worry at your sentence structure and how it all times out. Does it flow? Does it falter? You read it aloudContinue reading “Proof Copy”

A Latent Approach to TMB

Do you ever wake up and hear words in your head? I do. Right upon waking. Not every morning. But often. They sound in my head as if I am actually hearing them with my ears. Usually it’s total nonsense. But now and then I’ll hear a sentence that almost makes sense, like this morning: Continue reading “A Latent Approach to TMB”