My Writing

Other Poems

Poems that live outside the two themed collections — on love, Cincinnati, travel, survival, and everything in between.

57 poems

• Panning for Gold
  Every now and then I’m at my local karaoke joint
• Toxic Love Food Fest
  You want to know who America’s #1 enemy is?
• Northside: The Misfit Capital of America
  Some neighborhoods have nice weather, pristine beaches and elabo…
• 3 Minute Rock Star
  Never made it to
• Gun in my Face - Wound in my Heart
  Having a gun
• Doctor’s Office
  Visiting the doctor
• Disneyland
  A world within
• Mutating Normalcy
  Covid gave birth to another
• Mismeasurement
  Many people believe
• Freedom Lovers
  Why observe life from afar
• Northside
  There is a place in Cincinnati
• Sofia
  20 Years Ago
• Swedish Culture Shock (Svensk Kulturchock)
  When you live overseas
• You Can’t Integrate an American (Kan Inte Assimilera Amerikanen)
  Eskilstuna är en stad som
• Keith the Misprint Guy
  I met my closest friend 25 years ago
• Cincinnati Life
  Over the years this
• Burning Calories, Drinking Smoothies
  When you lose a
• The Qanon Shaman
  Nothing symbolizes
• The Operating Room
  A little over a year ago I was
• Innocent Bystanders
  I drove downtown
• Fake Supremacy 2020
  If you think
• Happier Blind
  I turned off my television
• 2020: The Great Equalizer
  I have almost 0 dollars in
• The New America
  I still love America these days
• Risky Connection
  It’s not difficult
• The Delivery Man
  People never really thought highly
• 2020 On Fire
  It is not yet June
• Essential Worker
  From the window of my car
• The Coronavirus Pandemic Panic
  This damn thing in the air
• lazy writer
  im feeling too
• The Poetry Bomb
  I write poetry because
• Unfiltered Glasses
  I have a great office view
• The Good Life
  Many people think
• The Wisdom of Suffering
  Pain can bring transition
• Hate Is
  That dirty word
• Dirt, Grime and Pride
  An endless supply of used paper plates
• Unlit Romance
  I can find no set of syllables or rhymes
• Any-Love-Will-Do
  Love is
• The Burden
  I came home from grocery shopping
• The Nomad
  I remember couch surfing for over a year.
• 101 Jobs
  I’ve had 101 jobs and
• No Boss Love
  I have no love for bosses
• Outside the Box
  The boundaries, rules and laws
• Culture Shock
  I missed that small town Swedish vibe
• Sitwell’s Coffee House
  I’m on Ludlow Avenue getting served
• Missing Pieces
  Everyone likes a good puzzle
• The Egg McMuffin Friendship
  Went to McDonalds yesterday
• The Beauty Within
  I’d rather write about a hobo
• Never Alone Again
  A kitten showed up on my porch
• Blank Space
  My TV tells me this:
• The America That Was
  Things feel different these days
• The Hit and Run
  I was driving around town last week delivering packages
• Cincinnati Reborn
  I used to hate this place when I was younger
• The Queen City Delivery Man
  Driving around town dropping off edibles
• The Things That Lie Hidden
  I sense the hidden apparitions and entities that wander
• Angry People
  This is not fairy tale land
• Love + Her
  Numbers