Just a few things to say about this one. First, I know I’ve been giving these sonnets names, but that’s more for blogging purposes. If I ever were to publish them in book format, I’m pretty sure I’d go the …
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When he was younger, my maternal grandfather enjoyed the hobby of lapidary—polishing stones and gems and setting them into jewelry. When he passed away, he left his equipment, jewelry in various stages of completion, and a ton of stones (some …
For the second time in two months, this is not the poem I originally planned to post today I tend to avoid posting about things like politics and world events on social media. For one thing, it’s easy to get …
I found this one in an old prayer journal. Based on the date, it would have been just after the 2004 Summer Olympics kicked off in Athens, Greece; between that and the fact that I had just completed my undergraduate …
Somehow I’ve gotten through the first six sonnets without publishing a single truly religious one! Given that they make up most of my sonnets, it’s kind of a shock. This is another one from the ill-fated book of poetry. It …
Way back when I worked at a dry cleaners, I remember a coworker telling a story of going to the bathroom at a bar, where a modern witch blew glitter on her and said she had cast a spell. This …
This is not the sonnet I originally intended to post today. I wrote this one back in October or November when a lot of people around me were experiencing tragedy. This past Thursday night, a young man I know in …
During my final year of college, several of my friends went through particularly ugly breakups. If I recall correctly, this particular breakup was publicly cordial for the sake of the group, but the girl was one of my roommates, so …
I don’t remember when I wrote this particular poem. It was sometime before November 2005; I know this because I included it in a mostly-absurd attempt to pull some of my poems together for publication. Most of them aren’t worth …
Every once in a while, somebody asks me for advice in starting a blog. My first piece of advice is always this: Blogging is hard. Don’t start unless you have a specific idea in mind. I usually then use this …