Sorry to have failed you yesterday, my life of leisure having been too much to overcome. Actually, it was more the making sure my 10...

This one was sparked into creation this afternoon, upon listening to this Prairie Home Companion broadcast from 2015, at the 4:00 mark...

Collins says that mortality is the underlying theme of Western poetry (“Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved...

Beer and Onions (After Billy Collins’s Poetry Broadcast December 4, 2020 at the 19 min. Mark) If Billy Collins’s poetry is Kobe steak...

Poem a Day December #4. This one was taken from Billy‘s TED talk (2:00 minute mark,) which is well worth the watch if you haven’t already...

Another one inspired by BC’s December 1 Poetry Broadcast....this one at the 11:22 mark. Ain’t it great when the simplest sentences shoot...

Inspiration for today’s poem comes fresh off yesterday’s Poetry Broadcast by Billy Collins, beginning at the 2:41 mark. View it here: Mea...

Thanks to Meggie Royer, I feel compelled to share a poem a day in December. Know that it is my belief that we humans give off a certain...

Floccinaucinihilipilification A word best left to the professionals— the professional linguists and writers who know how to pronounce...

“When you’re being creative, there’s no such thing as a mistake.” —John Cleese

It is with great excitement that I announce the completion of Book 2 in the Bar Poems series, Make it a Double. This book promises more...

Confronted by my Critics

Petrosomatoglyphs (Images of Body Parts Found in Rock) Is there any part of the devil’s body that has not been used to name some feature...

Here at FMF, you will find my latest, uncut creations fresh off the fire-hot grill of my mind. These are poems that were compiled earlier...

This will commence a series of short quotes designed to help you along your weekly path. What you can become, you are already. —Friedrich...

Here at FMF, you will find my latest, uncut creations fresh off the fire-hot grill of my mind. These are poems that were compiled earlier...

Here at FMF, you will find my latest, uncut creations fresh off the fire-hot grill of my mind. These are poems that were compiled earlier...