What's In A Name?[4/27/2022]What is the meaning behind a name?How can you fathom and define it?Always we think it must stay the same,Telling your natu...

My Ward[4/27/2022]You are armed, little friend,But for now all your weapons are sheathed.You curl up softly, trusting me,So vulnerable.So small and so...

Childhood's Fruit[4/26/2022]Berries dot my childhood memories,Peering out from bushes, vines, and leaves.Blueberries earliest of all,Frosty-pale and s...

Safety[4/14/2022]Is there a price high enough to pay?What is safety, anyway? As a philosophical point, I think the question is at what point is the p...

Blood & Answersmostly Till We Have Faces[4/26/2022]Shiver and dodge a broken question,Facets, angles, sharp and bright.Try not to lodge rotten sug...

...I dearly want a chorus of soprano stars coming awake in Creation.And I could go for a Jadis villain-song explaining Charn.

I like the possibility that a Marshwiggle, possibly a relative of Puddleglum's, could have been on the Dawn Treader.I would kind of like to see a coup...

Birthday Roses[4/25/2022]Cut crystal gleamsIn diamond latticeworkBelow deep pink buds and blooms.Another year is floweringAmong green leaves.Fully ope...

...um, there are an awful lot of versions on Audible. Can you tell me which one you found?

Oo free Audible audiobook! Will have to check that out.I have actually read it, but it has been a mighty long time, and I was a little out of my depth...

When I'm not the giver anymore[4/23/2022]I wish I could be strong enoughTo forge you armor,To carry your burdens,To be your pillar.—I wish I could hop...

Labradorite (Haiku)[4/18/2022]Dull and slate gray stoneLeaps to bright shimmering life,Spectrum trapped within.

The Darkest Hour[4/16/2022]The Witch, the Devil, the Empire of RomeAre on the move to slay all hopeAnd God knows who else is marching.And it looks as ...

Holy Week[4/15/2022]It does not feel like Holy Week today.I do not see the death of God at noon,Nor hear the Tenebrae and know blood’s boon.Two thousa...