Saturday, February 21 at 12 p.m.Next Saturday, I’ll be reading at one of my favorite spaces in town, the beloved Purple Couch Bookshop.This reading feels especially meaningful.On February 23, the Select Board will vote to appoint North Andover’s next Poet… Read More »Poetry Reading at Purple Couch Bookstore
Do Something for Democracy -Billerica, MA NO KINGS RALLY June 14 th , 2025 Democracy,You held me closer thanThe night held the morningYou loaded the chambers ofMy heart with hopeAnd as the sun broke free fromThe wishful thinking of yesterdayYou… Read More »No Kings Poetry Reading
Written Summer of 2024 I wasn’t the student who spoke up in classNot because I wasn’t paying attentionOr I didn’t do the workI justI just didn’t want attention on meI was afraid ofScrewing upGetting it wrongEven when I was so… Read More »History Repeating
Playing God I don’t want to play God, but we all do.God is in our conscious awareness ofLife and death ofTaking and giving ofExistence inLove orFear orRetribution ofWorld leadersPining forPower toLord over thoseThey perceive as pawns inThe virtual reality withinTheir… Read More »Playing God
One catalyst for discovering that I was autistic was my hyper-focused interest in bonobos. The more I learned about these primates, the more fascinated I became. I discovered that we share 98.7% of our DNA with bonobos and that they’re… Read More »A Serendipitous Night at Fenway Park on 6/20/2024
The trees are the angelsGuardians of this planetFor millions of yearsThey spoke wisdom withinThe roots of timeAnd when we sat in their shadeWe heard the whispers ofOur pastThe stories ofOur truth:We are the children of the trees. We believe we… Read More »Children of the Trees
Difference holds Substance in The quaint pulling Apart of Two hearts Thread Through The skin Above Muscle Pumping into Existence The hope of Life Weaving Over and Over Again The Memory of Love The truth of Palpable Tasting Lust in… Read More »The Thread
The day Does not end In darkness Nor night Bleed out In color The forest Does not end In a field Of flowers And the ocean Doesn’t turn To sand We Do not heed To death Nor life To an… Read More »And yet…
Love is not a word Nor action Words have Double Meanings and Can be said Through Any mouth And actors Perform With Practice The actions of Love to Fool An audience Wanting to Be moved by Make believe Romance so… Read More »The Greatest Need
I didn’t know life Until I Sat still in Its presence Until I Looked up Looked deep Looked through The every day and Saw beyond to Witness… Witness The Swallow Tail eggs Resting like pearls on The face of Supporting… Read More »I Didn’t Know