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PUS Analysis "Pus," is an exploration of emotional healing. It explores how traumatic issues from childhood can build up and sabotage relationships, romantic and otherwise. The poem hinges on the distinction between then and now, showing the evolution of the speaker, who moves from traumatic responses to healed ones. Structurally, I designed the poem to end on emotional impact, with the final stanza being the shortest but the most poignant. In terms of tone, I wanted to p

These are white-tipped reef sharks, and they are everywhere!

Sea lions differ from seals in that the former have external ears, and are generally larger. Also, seals are much quieter. Sea lions are loud and bark-y, especially the alpha males.

I've wanted to visit this special place for more than 20 years now. First stop, giant tortoises.

Hard to believe it's been five years.

The Ad Agency Workers No one wants to be here In boxed-in solitude. We won’t make art, we fear – creative flow subdued. In boxed-in...

Young Man Doesn't Like His Haircut. Dominica, 2021. Yesterday I read that the children of Facebook's first users are all grown up now,...

Every time I walk past the kitchen I see and smell that pot The time has come to wash the filthy pot, the one that’s been soaking for a...

Teaching is one of the greatest joys of my life. People often ask me why I don't have children. My answer is that I have 24 of them. ;)...

I took this photograph in Oro Valley, Arizona. That's a Cheeto in its mouth. How sad that when we eat garbage, birds and other wildlife...

i imagined sisyphus happy. that great big boulder would give me beautiful shoulders. that steepest of hills would give me gorgeous...

I titled this photograph FOOL IN LOVE, because when you use your heart instead of your head, in love, you end up like this lizard. ;)...

Worn (Santa Fe Writers Project, 2021). A Proper Lover (Main Street Rag, 2017). 12023 Woodmont Avenue (Willow Books, 2013) * Prairie...

In Panama on the comarca, they have this awesome tradition: they wake you up at midnight to celebrate your birthday! (That's why I'm...

In this photo, I'm visiting one Panama's largest comarcas indígenas. I brought my Polaroid camera along, and photographed this kiddo. It...

Please, please don't go to Kenya and do nothing but safari. Meet the people, eat the food, experience the nightlife, and soak up the...

Kenya is difinitely in my TOP FIVE of all the places I've been. The people are lovely, the food is delicious, the music makes you happy,...