the taffy pullers
          the taffy pullers
the taffy pullers

--Alan Pizzarelli

Happy Solstice!

A sudden shower falls -
and naked I am riding
on a naked horse!


--Issa

Happy Juneteenth!

Hope your day is especially Free!

a screendoor's quiet
rain and the sound of spoons placed
carefully away

--Burnell Lippy

Missing a kick
at the icebox door
It closed anyway.

--Kerouac

Soldiers' dreams
under summer grasses


--Basho

Come out to view
the truth of flowers
in poverty


--Basho

mirror         my face where I left it


--Bob Boldman

Deep within the stream
the huge fish lie motionless
facing the current.

--J.W. Hackett

Dell or Gateway? Gateway or Dell? Dell or Gateway? Gateway or Dell?

Laurel is Not Dead in Bloomington and will be heading toward Columbia this afternoon to be Not Dead there. We were going to get a picture of her to prove her not-deadness but my camera batteries crapped out. So you'll just have to trust me.