One Line One Photo

morning tea

2010-06-25T08:04:00.000-07:00

The first sip of a cooled-off cup of tea tastes like a sticky summer morning with a lingering scent of fresh cut grass.

rain

2010-03-11T11:00:00.000-08:00

i have deleted, erased and hovered over the keys just to write the word rain.

urban studio

2010-02-26T12:22:00.000-08:00

silence, then drilling, then silence, then my brain simulates the drilling noise against the walls of my skull.

chattering words

2010-02-25T12:44:00.000-08:00

i read and re-read as the Olympic sportscasters chatter in the background, i continue wallowing in the dead poets words, determined to understand her.

motion sickness

2010-02-18T11:13:00.000-08:00

my cafe stool sharply rocked with each sip, by the bottom of my cup of coffee I had an unpleasant case of motion sickness.

frightened fish

2010-02-11T12:37:00.001-08:00

she landed face first flat on the ice, she frightened the fish.

running

2010-02-08T13:43:00.000-08:00

i want to stop the car and run across the soybean field until I loose my breathe.

abused

2010-02-05T09:09:00.001-08:00

there is a manifestation of evil at my local post office, i feel abused after a visit.

city sidewalk

2010-02-04T13:37:00.000-08:00

my boot glided across a smooth patch of ice, i foolishly tried to grip the snowy sidewalk with a worn out pair of ugg's, i failed.

bartering

2010-02-03T14:14:00.000-08:00

i'd barter a week of june weather for a day of sun.

seven

2010-02-02T11:52:00.000-08:00

as i stood with seven priests at the corner of milwaukee, chicago and ogden, i cautiously looked up for falling frogs.

lead paint

2010-02-01T14:43:00.000-08:00

the constant dry heat pouring through my vents is making my old house shed a layer of dry skin.

crossing the ice

2010-01-28T13:27:00.000-08:00

i did not want my obit to read died while crossing frozen lake, so as i crept across cedar lake i prayed that my recent visit to cracker barrel was not my last meal.

28 degrees

2010-01-12T15:04:00.000-08:00

when will the sunshine dry my clothes?

dirty snow

2010-01-08T09:52:00.000-08:00

something pure white can fall from the sky and make contact with humans and instantly turn dirty brown.

smudges

2010-01-06T12:19:00.000-08:00

I cannot begin to explain the dusty marks on the outside of my second floor studio picture window.

under ice

2010-01-05T12:09:00.000-08:00

dead dried weeds have even vanished under chicago's cold compress.

august

2009-12-29T14:58:00.000-08:00

with a biting windchill of 17 degrees I forged down evergreen street and heard a man yell, August, August, August get back here.

church bells

2009-12-22T08:44:00.000-08:00

at the fourth presbyterian church the exit sign glows brighter than the jesus stained glass.

west side

2009-10-22T13:03:00.000-07:00

a good set of thugs with wi plates are lined up outside the pawnshop waiting for the neon to glow.

too soon

2009-08-19T12:57:00.000-07:00

it seems too soon for my feet to be shuffling thru leaves.

slanted

2009-06-30T08:46:00.001-07:00

the uncut grass slanted towards the earth in prayer like position begging for rain.

105

2009-06-24T13:12:00.000-07:00

the heat simmered my skin.

summer

2009-06-22T14:26:00.001-07:00

the summer of grass stained knees, sun burn noses, bee stung toes.

morning rain

2009-06-19T13:26:00.000-07:00

hail balls bounced turning milwaukee ave into one big pinball machine.

noise

2009-06-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

I sit 200 feet above milwaukee ave and listen to the noise of exhaust pipes rattling, breaks squeaking, the train grinding, engines idling and pedestrians chattering.

red

2009-06-11T07:28:00.000-07:00

the red belly rogue robin was chirruping at 3 am.

just two

2009-06-10T14:46:00.000-07:00

just two stems pulled from the dirt, leaving the roots buried.

loosing seeds

2009-06-09T11:10:00.000-07:00

my toes mingled with breezy tickling pollen, prickly plants and thistle thorns.

watching

2009-06-08T13:42:00.000-07:00

watching the weeds wilt.

just sticks

2009-06-04T14:06:00.000-07:00

why worry about each stick in the nest if there are no eggs being laid?

paper umbrellas

2009-06-02T13:01:00.001-07:00

my socks are soggy.

open door

2009-06-01T13:14:00.001-07:00

summer brought bugs, they crawl thru the cracks of my foundation.

spring on the farm

2009-05-26T15:32:00.000-07:00

the young robin willingly keeps his beak open for regurgitated worms, I won't even eat left-overs.

behind the house

2009-05-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

the purple candy colored lilacs have faded to a dull white, lost there scent and sprinkle on the ground.

behind the vase

2009-05-06T13:35:00.000-07:00

I spent most of the day looking for something.

along the wood

2009-04-03T13:28:00.000-07:00

The ebony keys fluttered as the insects scrambled across.

in the garden

2009-03-11T06:53:00.000-07:00

Fear creeps into sight on the back of a praying mantis.

pushed

2009-03-06T12:03:00.000-08:00

the clouds appear to be in a hurry.

in the window

2009-03-04T12:08:00.000-08:00

The black cat tried to capture the out of reach sparkling moon mobile.

braced

2009-03-02T11:32:00.000-08:00

Propped up and glued together, even a wooden doll dances.

a fort

2009-02-28T09:37:00.000-08:00

This house isn't shelter, it is more of a fort that I expect my mother to call me into the house at any moment, telling me to come out of the cold.

final flutters

2009-02-13T13:23:00.000-08:00

i can't see through the glaring windshield scattered with squashed helpless bugs destroyed by my irrational high speed chase with no one.

glare

2009-02-05T11:59:00.000-08:00

the sunshine deceived my unprotected skin.

sidewalk

2009-02-03T14:33:00.000-08:00

my path started on a cement sidewalk where someone removed the weeds from the cracks.

illinois

2009-02-02T14:01:00.000-08:00

This 120 year old building speaks more than I do.

The house

2009-01-19T14:01:00.000-08:00

the shower water pressure was a trickle; leaving my hair the texture of crisco and my arm pit hair as long as vines.

WI

2008-12-13T16:36:00.000-08:00

I am lost in a tumbleweed of thoughts.

Across the table

2008-10-31T11:27:00.000-07:00

The man sitting across from me reached into his back pocket and pulled out a smashed peppermint pattie and placed it on the table.

dirty shoes

2008-10-30T13:03:00.000-07:00

I walked thru an obstacle course of six-inch long earthworms fleeing from their waterlogged holes.

escape route

2008-10-28T15:48:00.001-07:00

My head is betraying my heart and my gut is split-open pouring out lies.

Fennville

2008-10-18T09:59:00.000-07:00

The squirrels are making crop-circles in my herb garden.

school colors

2008-10-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

The whole city smells like rotting diapers.

dim lighting

2008-10-18T08:53:00.000-07:00

The light walked across the theater ceiling as the crowd bounced like explosive atoms.

wednesday afternoon

2008-10-18T08:35:00.000-07:00

The male mannequin in the store window stands with stiff grace similar to an impotent acquaintance of mine.

Shorter Days

2008-09-24T06:46:00.000-07:00

The tree in the backyard is crying this aching need for it's leaves to fall.

Couch Cracks

2008-09-23T06:38:00.000-07:00

There is a duality in my personality that tugs and pulls at me with such force that I feel my bones separating at the joints.

Darkroom

2008-09-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

Not much happens when you are in the dark with dim red lights.

Super-sized Umbrellas

2008-09-18T12:04:00.000-07:00

I was nearly decapitated on wabash street by a man with an umbrella the size of rhode island.