1Inked In A very short story about a teenager, her meddlesome mother, and a letter the girl is desperate to receive.

1Lament for a Man of the City Influenced by a character in a beloved 1927 film. The piece is about the persistence of human desperation despite (and because of) modern industrialization. It's meant to feel unfinished.

3Midwesterner in the Mill Town A displaced and disliked teacher considers his role and status in the classroom.

16Military Promenade » Who they are and what they will become.

5Chesapeake In twenty-four hours we will be at war.

4La Bus, Pendant La Nuit Un poème court que j'ai écrivé en français pendant une voyage en bus. J'observais quelqu'un qui essayait dormir; c'est le resultat. Aidez-moi avec ma grammaire, s'il vous plaît. (With English translation pour les autres américains ici.)

2Navy Third and final in the "verbal portrait" series. This is Rote.

4Ancestral Portrait » I tried to research the life of my paternal great-great grandfather only to find that there were no records, and no stories, except for what is written here. My tribute.

4The Midnight Session At certain MUN conferences, if you serve on NATO or Security Council, you have a "crisis session" from around midnight until morning. The poem is a dramatization of that.

10Distractions » My first venture into poetry; four themes in four poems: acceptance, obsession, loneliness, and death.