Vallejo Poet Laureate 2017-2019
“Master of Peace” won Reserve Best of Show and First Place in Published Poetry at the 2016 Solano County Fair. I’m stunned, honored, and grateful. It appears in the book Id Biscuits. Master of Peace After the world slowly broke my heart into tiny chips of dry paint, you handed me a brush and called…
Thank you, Marin County Fair, for awarding this poem 3rd place in Marvelous Marin Poetry! Marin is… Marin is the stuff of childhood art. Green hills. Blue skies. Cotton candy clouds. Little red farm houses. Happy black and white cows. Marin is the wilderness. The ocean crashing, salty. Seagulls, seals, pelicans. A breath…
If you wrestle with depression, may this poem for you be a weapon. That Voice You know the one? The one that tells you that you aren’t good enough. The one that insults you when life is already tough. The one that has forgotten about self-love. The one that holds a lifelong self-grudge. The one…
These are two poems that I wrote in response to the ORCEM/VMT issues in Vallejo, CA. I read the second one to the city council and a group of about 200 citizens on January 5th, 2016, among several citizens and Fresh Air Vallejo activists who spoke out. (If you’re so inclined to watch the video,…
East Maine Noms In the downtown of Enid– that’s my old home town– stands a hungry railroad bridge of great renown. He’s 11’4″ from his teeth to the ground. If you’re a trucker you best avoid East Maine Street, because that old bridge is after a treat. He’ll open you up like a can of…