About Me
Yes I am a poet, as if the world needed another, right? Well, as you will discover (if you haven't already), I am good at this craft. I like to type on the computer or typewriter when I write (whatever meets my mood at the time). I am honest and to the point, meaning I am not afraid to say what I think. I like walks in the park and late night phone conversations. I like to read Bukowski when I take a shit on the toilet and Rilke when it rains. I think that Snyder is brilliant. I know that there is a God, but I have serious doubts about organized Christian religion. I am a Pisces, which means I am moody, emotional and sensitive. I like to drink vodka in the afternoon, but don't call me a drunk, because I can out drink any of you little shits. I am not athletic, but I exercise occasionally. I am a vegetarian. I write to get this loud voice of poetry out of me and into words. Please... only the serious should read on. I am not interested in the boring, mundane, average or the needy. I am not attempting to be a hero, nor am I a role model. I am just a poet with an honest voice. I am awaiting your reaction to my poetry.
Poem Of The Moment
Est. 1863 (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
I am feeling good tonight
took some pills
and I am drinking sparkling wine of all things
listening to Toto
as midnight passes.
a poem can happen with little warning
and it is the best that I can do
to lug this typewriter around
this ancient machine
and capture the lines as they come.
I am not trying to capture anything immortal here,
just trying to keep the paint from dripping off the canvass too much.
I think that some artists force this type of thing
but I have found that it comes easy for me.
some people were born to be heroes, great men and women,
athletes
and role models,
but myself, I am hardly anything worthy of redemption
and still I try to be a good man, try to do the right things,
try to live a life less decadent.
my mother told my wife
before my son was born and before we were married
that I am not a good person, that my wife shouldn’t
live her life with me, to have the child without me, to leave me.
I was there when she told my wife this.
well, I may not be a good man
but I am struggling through it all like everyone else.
and I don't bother people with my problems, I don't do that.
I have found my comfort in this emptiness
as my phone doesn't ring
as my wife is out tonight
as I sit under this hot ceiling lamp
and pick at this wine bottle label.
this is
my
life
and I aim to enjoy what little I have of it.
I am feeling good tonight
took some pills
and I am drinking sparkling wine of all things
listening to Toto
as midnight passes.
a poem can happen with little warning
and it is the best that I can do
to lug this typewriter around
this ancient machine
and capture the lines as they come.
I am not trying to capture anything immortal here,
just trying to keep the paint from dripping off the canvass too much.
I think that some artists force this type of thing
but I have found that it comes easy for me.
some people were born to be heroes, great men and women,
athletes
and role models,
but myself, I am hardly anything worthy of redemption
and still I try to be a good man, try to do the right things,
try to live a life less decadent.
my mother told my wife
before my son was born and before we were married
that I am not a good person, that my wife shouldn’t
live her life with me, to have the child without me, to leave me.
I was there when she told my wife this.
well, I may not be a good man
but I am struggling through it all like everyone else.
and I don't bother people with my problems, I don't do that.
I have found my comfort in this emptiness
as my phone doesn't ring
as my wife is out tonight
as I sit under this hot ceiling lamp
and pick at this wine bottle label.
this is
my
life
and I aim to enjoy what little I have of it.
News
The NEW book "A Slip Of The Tongue" is now available for purchase on lulu.com!
Visit my myspace page for the most current news and to read the latest poetry from my blog.
"The Journey Of The Spirit" is available for purchase on lulu.com. Please visit my storefront for more information.
Visit my myspace page for the most current news and to read the latest poetry from my blog.
"The Journey Of The Spirit" is available for purchase on lulu.com. Please visit my storefront for more information.
Current Projects
I am working on a chapbook of poems (which I am calling "Disarming The Atom Bomb") and will have more information about it soon.
My band Meridius has been around since 2001 and I work on that music when I have the patience. We have a myspace page which you can hear samples of our songs at and find out more information.
My band Meridius has been around since 2001 and I work on that music when I have the patience. We have a myspace page which you can hear samples of our songs at and find out more information.
Selected Poetry
The Singular Poem (from "Disarming The Atom Bomb")
I have written many poems
in myself
without words or ... (more)
Est. 1863 (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
I am feeling good tonight
took some pills
and I am drinking sparkling wine of all things ... (more)
Just Living (from "Disarming The Atom Bomb")
I have been swallowing vodka like a fish
and sitting here at 4am
staring at the TV ... (more)
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