Who me? Why would I want to? What I’d like to change is …             by Richard Hugo (1923-1982) SECOND CHANCES by Richard Hugo (1923-1982) I can’t let it go, the picture I keep of myself in ruin, living alone, … Read More

Questions for Myself Do I love my father? How did my father wound me? How did my father change my parenting? Fathers and Sons By Eugene Marckx Dale lived alone with his mother, except on nights when the banker’s top … Read More

Was it mothering or smothering? How was it to be mothered for me? Was I mothered by my father? Nestor By Eugene Marckx A featherbrained idler – what your grandfather said of him, and farmers hereabouts who should’ve known better, … Read More

Can I look at my scars? Did my wounds heal and scars? How do I benefit from my scars? Old Soldier He walks between his metal shop and his greenhousefingernails broken at the edgeswrists coloring rust into the dirtfeet spread … Read More

Who mentors you? Are you a mentor? Did a mentor change your life? The Seven Directions LOST BROTHER By Stanley Moss I knew that tree was my lost brother when I heard he was cut down at four thousand eight … Read More

Can you list the miracles in your life? What to you is miraculous? The Heart of Us All  With the radio and the television off all morning  and the newspaper folded in its chair  I leave the laptop alone  and … Read More