The Wailing Wraith and the Sacred Spring

The Wailing Wraith and the Sacred Spring

A couple of weeks ago, my buddy Garrett reached out and asked if I wanted to work with him on a cover design for a game jam he was entering. Garrett and I have been playing make-believe since we were six years old, and we still play tabletop RPGs when our schedules...

Feral

I sympathize, but I don’t have it in meto be more than this hissing, spitting creature, recoiling even as I crave to warm myself near you. It has been too many freezing rainy nights in the dark to remember what it’s like to rest in the halo of that fire. Which is not...
Optimism

Optimism

I told you once about the inevitable heat death of the universe, that there is nothing we can do to slow or stop the dissolution of all matter; it is coming. In the meantime, I find no concept that deepens my hunger so well for my share of joy and pleasure and awe. I...
Grifo de California*

Grifo de California*

*The title comes from a painting I saw several years ago by Walton Ford.  I don’t think this poem is actually finished, or particularly good, but I wanted to mark the passing of our P-22 in some way.      We are very clever. We can build our way into...