All poems and stories

  • Ireland, a poem

    Visiting Ireland for a two week road trip I became ill. I saw a doctor at a clinic and she sent me to the hospital. They removed my ruptured appendix Tuesday! This could have turned out much worse! I am so thankful that I saw a doctor. I left my heart in Ireland last year,today…

  • Hans and Sabine, life happens between yesterday and tomorrow

  • Terra, a short short story

    War will remain an abstract concept until it is experienced. Nothing you see in films or read in books or see on the news ever tells the whole story. Only when you are in it, feel it, smell it, and hear it will you know the horror of it. The space invaders, as they became…

  • Prius, a short short story

    Gabe loves his Prius. It is a 2023 model, completely redesigned with increased power and improved aesthetics. The Prius was never a good-looking car; some might say it has always been ugly. This latest iteration is a sleek, low-slung sedan with lines that flow pleasingly from its aggressively styled headlights to its fastback-style rear. Driving…

  • Joe and Jill, a poem

    Politics and politicians are shit. The media makes it worse. It is better for politicians and media magnates when a country is divided, and even more so if the divide is binary! This way the money that can be made can be split down the middle. I think it is time for term limits for…