Dog's life 13 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm

you want me, at all hours, to cringe to your drumbeat give in to a sagging spine be hushed and whooshed off when your convoy passes by lick your boots so neat when you trample and whack thank t...

Check, Mate! 6 Jul 2013 | 11:10 pm

two grand old foes, cold war never too behind, make a few moves deft on the board checkered gray, shrewd and shrouded to castle a pawn the world watches mute oh! what an endgame one man who bl...

Across the Ages 5 Jul 2013 | 11:41 pm

The Pageturners’ final list is up (for Across the Ages anthology). Nice to have made it. Now waiting to see it in print.

Dissent, Decent 12 Jun 2013 | 10:20 am

Bertrand Russell's reply to a magistrate's request that he pledge himself to "good behavior", after an anti-nuclear demonstration in London, for which Russell was arrested (in September 1961). "No, I...

Dictator - Typographical Representation 28 May 2013 | 10:34 am

Narcissist - Typographical Representation 27 May 2013 | 06:54 pm

Di(e)vergence 24 May 2013 | 12:02 pm

Thick at places Thin at others Long tread, that Together we made He said He said so Standing at the edge Of the fork Should we part Mate? he asked I see, he said The fork, yes Which edge, ...

Peek-a-boo 22 May 2013 | 07:11 pm

Behind the door, quietly I hide And hear your gentle laughter A heart rapt, joy in your eyes Brisk in step, you run towards You can't see me yet, dearest But you know I am here When, gently so, ...

The Subway Diary 22 Feb 2013 | 11:17 pm

I can’t distinguish between sleep and wakefulness these days, but if this is called waking up, I have just woken up. You open the eyes, stretch the limbs, join the rush, pace with the clock till it’s ...

The Trial of Pawn Singhs – An Act in Four Places 8 Feb 2013 | 02:40 pm

Place I: HOME OF PAWN SINGH 1 AND RANI After a long day of holding candles and placards to flashing TV cameras, Rani, with her husband Pawn Singh 1, and Queenie, with her husband Pawn Singh 2, decide...