(new year)

new year
new courage
fresh as the snow

Without a Honk

There were four
of them -- four
graceful geese
gliding over 65
North as the four-
lane interstate
backed up
farther and farther
south. In the midst
of the two-accident
Tuesday morning
turmoil, just as I
began to grip my
steering wheel
in frustration, I
saw the quartet
breezing over
all four lanes
of traffic without
a honk of their own --
so soft, so peaceful,
so content; so intent.
I watched them
split into two pairs
and continue on their
January journey,
as I adjusted my
hands and then
my attitude, without
a honk of my own.

Monthly Arts Forum Launch

I am thrilled to announce that, tonight, I will launch a brand new monthly arts forum, Show Your Work, with my friend Andrew Nelson.  I plan to read at least one of my poems tonight and look forward to enjoying the work of fellow artists of all types and stripes.

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Show Your Work: A Monthly Arts Forum

Every Second Thursday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Out on the Lakeshore, Holland, Mich.

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If you're in the area, please feel free to join us!

(I am like porcelain)

I am like porcelain --

tough and delicate

all at once.