I was saddened to hear of Gerald Locklin’s passing yesterday, a poet whose writing I have always, always enjoyed reading. Having recently included the following in the autobiography I am writing, I post it here as a tribute to and … Continue reading →

my daughter, who turns twenty tomorrow, has become truly independent. she doesn’t need her father to help her deal with the bureaucracies of schools, hmo’s, insurance, the dmv. she is quite capable of handling landlords, bosses, and auto repair shops. … Continue reading →

Originally posted in October, 2011: Just read this brief tale today, a 20-year-later sequel to The Hippie Shirt. In that original story, Robert MacGregor, a 35 year old actuary, is befriended by a hitchhiking hippie who literally gives him the … Continue reading →

I taught for 30 years and rather like this poem: At the Pedagogy Panel he learns that he’s been doing it all wrong for over thirty years. so why do his students keep coming back for more? a guy his … Continue reading →

I came across the pamphlet the pittsburg poems last night that Gerald Locklin produced with fellow poet Mark Webber [one of those inverse/back to front chapbooks] and I read all the Locklin who I always enjoy so much. I like … Continue reading →

Originally posted in October, 2011: maybe the women are right about us   after an evening of glowering at my daughter for such heinous offences as having spilled milk (i nearly cried over it) eating her brother’s baby food, and … Continue reading →

Originally posted in February 2012: A Woof And A Bark I enjoyed watching Michael Madsen on this year’s Celebrity Big Brother [I’m a big fan – get over it] not that it did him any good, either for his sense … Continue reading →