Latest Posts

Arvin Marvin Lillisbee Fitch

By John Ciardi Arvin Marvin Lillisbee Fitch Rode a broomstick like a witch. Out the window, over the trees, Above the hills, across two seas,

“Shooting the Man on the Bus”

Here’s a dream from a friend which I had a lot of immediate reactions to, so clearly I’m doing my own work in projected form

Imagining the Unlikely

Recently I had to make a couple of phone calls of the kind that I dread the most: to a huge company with endless voice

Wilderness

By Carl Sandburg There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for

Bicycle as Metaphor

Fairly frequently, I dream I’m riding a bicycle. Sometimes the road is smooth, but more often I’m navigating difficult terrain or riding through crowds. Sometimes,

Who Dare to Dream

By Helen Lowrie Marshall A few brave ones down through the years Have dared to dream past others’ fears; Have dared to bridge the span

Trapeze as a Metaphor

I dreamed again of a flying trapeze the other night. I’ve had a few very memorable dreams in the past where I was watching trapeze

When Lightning Strikes

Lightning’s been on my mind lately, as so many fires in my home state have started with a bolt from the sky. Ironically, today marks

the promise

By Judith Hamilton events spun a fast cocoon about her hamstrung she hobbled through dark days scaling down to still: the zero hour before