One sunny November Sunday, as I was driving back from a weekend with friends, I made the spontaneous decision to stop at a historical park on my route. Specifically, I was looking for the site of a battle from the…

(Wow, two years of these!) Today’s sonnet is pretty self-explanatory, and the title explains pretty much everything you need to know about the context. The only thing I’ll add is that the lump referenced was neither alligator nor rock. I…

By the time this is published, I should be back from a lovely vacation… so what better poem to publish than one about job stress? Not my own job stress, fortunately. I haven’t had to be on the phone with…

Today’s sonnet was in response to a November Poem a Day prompt on “Days of the Week.” More than that, though, it’s a reflection of watching friends on social media deal with invisible illnesses and stereotypes. Days of the Weak…

This is the thematic sequel to last week’s sonnet. I wrote it two years later, for the November poetry prompt “Brave.” As such, it wasn’t written for any specific incident, but it is a reflection of how I’ve become a bit…

I’m publishing this as “Part 1” of a thematic two-parter. They weren’t written to go together; in fact, there were almost two full years between them. But thematically they seem to work well together. According to the definitive authorities of…

Before I get to today’s sonnet, a quick announcement: I’m in an online poetry group, and we just produced our first chapbook! You can download it for free on Noisetrade. (Any monetary donations will be given to the Rabbit Room.)…

Today’s sonnet was written for the Poem a Day Prompt of “Personal,” and is based on a true story. I was working a bit late and went into the ladies room and heard muffled tears. Really, what should someone do…

Today’s sonnet is another one that is objectively not much good, but I’m posting it as a personal tribute. I work in Owosso, MI. Located halfway between Lansing and Flint and surrounded by farms, it technically qualifies as a city…

Judas has always been a fascinating character to me, and perhaps moreso since reading a speculative blog post a decade ago, wondering what would have happened had Judas not hanged himself. Would the resurrected Jesus have hunted him out, and…