Should I stay or should I grow? Reflections on my experience in the Henge of Keltria

I’ve historically been a bit hesitant to discuss my experiences in the Henge of Keltria, which folded in October 2017. I had left only a few months prior, that June, …

Poem: The enemy of the good

Nothing is perfect, we grouse. That stunning sunset: smeared with a bird, a damn pigeon no less! The wind from the sewer grate ruffles our wings. We say: There is …

Poem: Canceled

Sooner or later, a declaration will emerge. It will come after a lapse in amenities: I’ll miss your laugh, the knife of your wit. And then I will know that …

Poem: Lampposts

You’re open-minded, you say, and then pound phrases in fancy fonts saying how people like me are somehow not really people at all maybe something more akin to animals except …

Song: Hymn

Shoshen got me a looper/effects box for Yule. I admit that it will be a learning curve, and as yet I can’t use its full capabilities because it’s set up …

Poem: Orion

Something in me still lights that candle still watches the wax drip and counts the syllables of each word tumbled in the tide unshared like bone I am not helping …

Poem: Empathy

How do I teach you to care about the world beyond the heated inch of air surrounding your skin? Even the blind know what surrounds them by feel, splinters that …