It’s All in the Breath

This poem was written for The Art of Seduction Radio Show based on the artwork of Sekhar Roy. It is … More

Story Time Sunday #17

This week’s story time contains adult themes, so please read at your own discretion. Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, … More

Confucian Cockscomb

This poem had a lot of heart and potential, but deserved more attention, so I decided to rework it with … More

The Bleakest Bordeaux

This poem is written for the Late Night Poets June 25th Into the Darkness Radio Show. This is an adult … More

Fibbing Friday-May 21st

Happy Friday Friends! This week, I couldn’t resist the Fibbing Friday topic of finding new products to match familiar advertising … More

In The Sea

Playing in the peeling waves,young knaves,garlands from the maypolerippling round their heads,the freshest flowers of springbobbing up and downin the … More

McDaniel’s Poetry Peephole

The first time I read poetryI thought, wow, this is strictpuritanical shit,like a stole only worn in ritualor like a … More

Spring Tease

Spring tease,she takes out her feathery bloomswisps them across our nosesand we’re dancing to her tune,taking off our pants before … More

Ida Claire

This poem was written for an Into the Darkness Late Night Poet Radio Talk Show featuring the artwork of Ivan … More

Flamingo Girl

NaPoWriMo Day 23. This poem is written for Twisted Tuesday a radio show hosted by Late Night Poets. This episode … More

Fallowed Souls

Fall is yellowed,eyes like pathogens,green manure skin,recovered grins,lust the dust of unusedwheat fields,and I am sallow,tinged, and wading in,hands above … More

A Darker Shade of Black

This piece is my response to today’s Flashback Track, A Whiter Shade of Pale. Join me in penning a piece … More

S.S. Haircut

Recent events in Germany being what they are, this poem decided it would like to resurface and walk about a … More

The Bad News

My fingers black and blue,flipping pages, scanning sections,trying to hide these…corrections. Hearting your headlines,rereading a line, chuckling time,is flirting with … More

Let’s Dance

“Play it again.”A bulbous speakerpulses on the sideof your plastic-coated shower man cave.Makes the dropletswiggle and giggleas they sloppily glidedown … More

There’s No Time (Machine)

I’m no time machine.You can’t hop on board me,push levers, turn a few dialsspeak a destinationand travel interstellar miles. His … More

Power-Cycled Dream

Black screen eyes,floating in the womb ofamniotic appswhere nothinggrows between my thighs;I love my babydoll life. Eloquent pollices,ombre tips talk … More

Down the Hatch

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tom Petty tried out the names Sundowners, the Epics and Mudcrutch before gaining success with … More

Flashback Track Friday #2

Where’s Your Itchycoo? The sun came out today, releasing everything from shadow, and to tell you the truth, it’s all … More

What I Didn’t Know

Heavy laughtercoats grief’s hanger.Anger, the empty chair.Pain, the last glare.Summersault smirk,berserk.You were shrinking,not growing,handsome lad–I had no ideayou were lonely. … More

The Point

You wore jeansinto the stream.Didn’t matter,we were both wet,hiking in flipflopsup scarped inclinesto snuggle black rock.Snakes before they shed,you always … More