Here’s the totally unedited intro to my new book, Brighthaven. Savage away, please. P.S. Every fantasy book needs a creepy cat intro. “Kitty, here kitty, kitty,” the old woman’s voice crooned, searching the night with cataract eyes. Sitting like aRead more…
Rest Stop Bathroom
He sat in the stall, Pants up, trying to hide What he was doing as though it Were dirtier, somehow, than the Business this stinking place was built for. When I pushed the door Open and he looked up atRead more…
Intellectual
This one caused some interesting stir at Kim Rosen’s poetry retreat in Hawaii. As well it should! I finally figured it out. I have an intellectual penis – hell, maybe we all do! If my brain is my biggest sexualRead more…
Cold Water Worms
I thought a happy poem was important. Not all my poems are about Folsom Lake, I swear. Folsom lake is always cold. That’s its virtue. On afternoon blazes, a boyfriend and I would go to a secluded rocky cove, loseRead more…
4×4
I’m wanting to do something with the poetry I’ve written about struggles with sexuality and being a gay man in the world. This is the first. This poem is emblematic for me of the difficulty meeting with men who don’tRead more…
Original Intro to Empath
the intro adds the main love interest, Ryan, which I think is much more yummy! He was breathing hard from his Pilates floor routine. No reformer in the hotel, but he relished the feeling of unmachined training. It raised memoriesRead more…
The Calling
This is the movement deep within, the voice of the self, the voice of Krishna, the calling of the divine, urging you to open, to delight, to unfold. I want to live in you the way fire lives in theRead more…
Indigo Robes
This is going to go into the chapter on relationships/the social. Talking about the way relationship connects us to ourselves and the transpersonal simultaneously. River bottom and no travail. His body was long and lean as the pure white ofRead more…
This Night
Inspired by my dog, Natalie, who has a terrible problem staying home when things are afoot. This night (like every night) Is not for sleeping This night is to remind you To laugh out loud, uncontrollably, For absolutely no reason.Read more…
Faith
Urge a freight train and it’s hard to get off the rails. Closeness a need like a dog’s – they wait day and night outside, as close as possible risking wrath breaking rules. To be faithful, all other rules stretchRead more…