What Exactly is Going on Here?
This blog originated as a way to broadcast my daily haiku practice. That project greatly expanded in March 2012, when I began writing the daily haiku onto a postcard, along … Continue reading
More HaigaGraphy Coolness
As an addition to our HaigaGraphy collaboration, Linds has gone ceramic on me! These individual pieces each feature a haiku from our collaboration.
HaigaGraphy: A Haiku Art Collaboration
Woo hoo! For the last few months I have been collaborating with Missoula artist Linds Sanders on HaigaGraph: A Haiku Art Collaboration. Linds has created thirty original paintings, each featuring … Continue reading
after the collapse
after the collapse — the sun insists on shining, the birds on singing
Homage to Carlos “Haiku Elvis” Colon
Last night at the Pandemonium Press Day of the Dead reading, I finished my slot with some of Carlos “Haiku Elvis” Colon’s poetry as a memorial. Carlos passed away suddenly … Continue reading
Haiku Elvis Has Left The Building
I’m terribly saddened to learn of the sudden death of Carlos Colón, aka Haiku Elvis, yesterday. A huge loss to the haiku community and to the art of haiku itself. … Continue reading
Another Paper Boy Story Published
I’m working on a series of short stories about a paperboy in 1970s suburbia. (Not the least bit autobiographical, honest!) SHADOW BOX has just been published by Unlikely Stories, an online … Continue reading
An Embarrassment of Riches
On July 16, 2016, I was scheduled to read at the annual Beast Crawl, a lit crawl event that spans three hours and dozens of venues in downtown Oakland. I was … Continue reading
last week’s flowers
last week’s flowers — half a dozen white petals floating in my coffee
last day of treatment
last day of treatment the changing room crowded with ghosts
