La Llorona

La Llorona  Under full moonlight I wander the riverbank wailing for you, mis hijos, weeping like raging water, like your Continue reading →

Wild Night! Wild Night!

Regrets, Aunt Ann 5 a.m. on the Ponte Vecchio, the three of us taking turns perching on Benuto Cellini’s shoulders Continue reading →

If Only Eyebrows Were Wings!

There they stand, two towers of the Mexican art world in black and white, different as night and day, dark Continue reading →

In the Name of the Pantoum, and of the Ode, and of the Holy Sonnet. Amen.

(Wikimedia Commons) “Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing…” Thomas Nashe From “Spring, the Sweet Spring”     Continue reading →

Totem for a Snowy Day

I love snow! It brightens up a dreary winter and makes me feel happy. Normally. But wouldn’t you know it, Continue reading →

Go Well Rolihlahla!

It has been nearly a week since Nelson Mandela passed through the Portal of Mystery, and I’ve been thinking about Continue reading →

What about the wind?

“You embrace me and I forget you because we are one and will go on facing the wind together…”  Pablo Continue reading →

Limones

¡Bienvenidos!  Welcome to the first course of Still Life with Tortillas.  You may be surprised to learn, especially if you Continue reading →