“Am I A Writer?”
June 10, 2025
I am not a writer Since the last time I read a Critique of a poet On-line From what I’ve learned I am an uneducated Individual Who scribbles on objects, Usually paper. G. M. GoodwinJune 10, 2025
Author: George (wondering where I fit in)
Retired Navy after 23 years. I retired at the age of 40 years old. I've been out longer than I was in. All of the ships I served on have been made into razor blades. I had fun and I lived my life the best I could. Most of my shipmates are gone and I try to stay in touch with the remainder. It continues. Substance abuse counselor, builder of wooden boats, furniture maker, prison non-violence workshop facilitator, life observer, activist, reader, writer, geriatric subject of interest, generous tipper. I stay involved.
Linda Lou
May 22, 2025
I want you. No doubt I want you. Even though you are poison and quick and soothing – sometimes. I want you to come to me; be with me; come be inside of me and take me over this terrible ordeal! I need you like a hole in the head, but I want you vastly … More Linda Lou
One of Those Memories
May 2, 2025
To the young Mormon wife flying from Travis Air Force Base in Sacramento to Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii to join her husband. She took a shine to me and we shared a few secrets on the flight. During an emergency decent from 35,000 to 10,000 feet she held me close and whispered, “At … More One of Those Memories
REPLICA
April 22, 2025
My mother described to me the noise she heard when my father shot himself. She described the report of the pistol as a crack, a loud crack. She was downstairs in the kitchen when my father carefully held the business end of the pistol to the left side of his head. He was positioning the … More REPLICA
That Passage
March 24, 2025
I wonder about my final move, A picture persists of two handrails Along a wooden bridge to forever, The details disappear quickly Only about a few steps along toward The disappearing point. It is all very inviting. G. M. GoodwinMarch 24, 2025
Self Assassination
March 21, 2025
The human side of us is our deadliest friend. No where else can I remember meeting up with such a cruel killer of happiness, serenity, peace. Our inside person is all of this and more. Fold in a bit of hard-of-hearing and disaster awaits just around the corner of our souls. I’m talking about the … More Self Assassination
My Trip Into Self-Trance
March 17, 2025
MY TRIP INTO SELF TRANCE I am going to go into a trance for the first time. I am going to do this with no previous experience. I hope that this is not a one-way trip. I am lying down with my feet separated and my arms are at my side. I am focusing on … More My Trip Into Self-Trance
TIMOTHY
February 15, 2025
Timothy held the spoon out to the large feline sitting on the arm of his chair. The cat turned its head away but then, with an attitude of superiority, leaned ever so slightly toward the offering intending to take a tiny nibble. Timothy quickly pulled his hand back. The cat looked annoyed but only gave … More TIMOTHY
Hidden Zebra
February 8, 2025
Let the eye scan For a detail, Black on white or White on black, The two cloak the shape, To confuse, To obscure, To Foil, To escape. Loud and showy stripes! Perhaps Jekyll and Hyde, The Light and The Dark, What pair could be More evident, Rich and poor? The figure of the Zebra Standing … More Hidden Zebra
THE SPEED OF LIGHT
February 5, 2025
It all began at the speed of sound, He heard her voice and turned to see In time to be struck by the speed of light, Before they knew it the pairing came At the speed of love. Time passed with the speed of comfort, Occasioned by the speed of confusion, Once she looked at … More THE SPEED OF LIGHT
Playing Fair and Being Kind 