Mom has been cleaning the house I grew up in;
she’s mailed me a stack of old poems I wrote
by hand, back when I wrote by hand and carried pen and
paper at all times—just in case. The poems are no good…
Even after he came close to ending the American experiment, the vast majority of Republicans, including those backed by Koch, continue to stand with the former president. America’s political illness has led to great suffering, death, and inequity.
As part of America’s culture wars, the Right loves to go bananas over banalities, like the fact that, last week, Hasbro made Mr. Potato Head gender-neutral by dropping the “Mr.”
Not much that goes viral is true
(what passes for truth these days?);
but let’s keep this between me and you.
The last time I was around a large group of people without need of wearing a mask was March 9, 2020, when I gave a talk at Brandeis University. This was just two days before the World Health Organization declared […]
What is left after the groceries are put away?
Dishes on the drying rack, nothing to clean:
all is as it should be, or so they say.
I used to think that the turning point in the battle against climate change wouldn’t come until the impacts were too obvious to ignore. My fear was that, by this point, it would be too late to forestall the worst outcomes, but at least humanity would wake up to and deal with this existential crisis.
I see no headstones, nothing
to mark a life, to reveal who
the corpse belonged to.
Was it held hostage,
a bouquet torn from the branch
bleeding into its vase?
Flowers cuffed mid-bloom
haven’t time to be unfree.
The key glimmers gold.
In this white-capped wind
a kite can fly a lifetime
never touching earth
I am the Founder & CEO of Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit social venture seeking to tackle poverty through financial services. I am also a writer, poet, cyclist, and avid reader. Enjoy my blog!