Antonio

There’s poems – and there’s pomes. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem. When I have a little too much to drink, my friends get me to recite my favorite pome from childhood. It always brings joy to my heart and to the hearts of all who hear:...

Bleeder Goes to Reena’s Blog

Oh, my! It is such a BLAST when someone enjoys something you made. Whether it’s chocolate shortbread cookies or a song you recorded or a ceiling you painted … or a story you made up. From her review, I think Reena Jacobs enjoyed Bleeder!

Mother’s Day 2011

One Sunday in December 1999 when I was at my mother’s house, she came into the living room and said, “I don’t feel so good. I think you should call an ambulance.” We spent 12 hours in the emergency room. She was in horrific agony. A terrible...

Gah! that Durga!

I’m working on Give Me. It’s fun. It’s light – despite the fact that it’s about obsession and murder and desire and all those underbelly bits of a dark fairytale. But I was thinking about Durga this morning, and she won’t let me go....