OLD SOLDIERS

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Perhaps the poem below will resonate with some of you. It’s not in any collection. First, the story: I met Paul Wunsch in a writing class taught by Chris Rogers at Rice University over two decades ago. Paul had been in Special Forces and served a combat tour just east of the Cambodian … Continue Reading ››

Organ/Tissue Donors

Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with Corneal Fuchs Dystrophy, an eye disease that over time destroys the cornea. At present, the only cure is a corneal transplant in which the damaged tissue (either partial layer(s) or the whole cornea) is replaced. Without surgery, legal blindness will occur.

The estimated … Continue Reading ››

Abandonment and denial

American Dirt, a novel by Jeanine Cummings (2019), puts a human face and gives voice to migrants trying to work their way into the United States, just as Woody Guthrie’s song, “Deportee” (1948), adds voice to migrants seeking a better life in the United States, just as Risking Death to Find … Continue Reading ››

Reflections from a year on the ground in south vietnam

A day was a week. A week was a month. A month was a year. It took twelve years before the vague nuances from that year began to crystallize enough in order for me to begin to heal. A poem from Whirling … Continue Reading ››