All poems and stories

  • Suicide, a tragedy (short story)

    Jane’s done. Done living. Done caring. Jane’s tired! Tired of the sameness of every day. Tired of being stuck. Tired of feeling hopeless. So deeply exhausted that getting up in the morning is just too much to ask. Jane is a 29 years old college graduate. Tons of student loan debt bought her an arts…

  • My two cents on war

    Human beings have been fighting each other for so long we have very specific names for these events.  Civil when the citizens of a country war among themselves.  Regional when two or three neighboring countries war each other.  World when groups of countries form alliances and these groups fight each other. We have been warring for so long…

  • Crocodile, a poem

    Denial is such a powerful thing. It is so well understood and so common that I suspect the saying, ‘there is an elephant in the room that nobody talks about’ might have some of its origins in this refusal of truth, this stubborn silence we adopt when faced with something we just do not want…

  • Dying, a poem

    Death is certain. Everyone you know will die, including you. There is no need to panic, there is no need to fear, people dying is very very real. Death is good business. Many will sell you special diets, supplements and lifestyles to postpone death. Others will sell you the idea of eternal life, all you…

  • Time Machine, a poem

    We are never really satisfied with our lives. The saying about the grass being greener on the others side of the fence proves that. Climb that fence, and once you stand on the greener grass you might see that it also has bare and brown spots, bugs and weeds. Look back at your grass and…