Natasha Thinking

My youngest daughter is all senses. Listening. Watching. She has her mother's kindness. And my laughter.

The Power of H: Church Street Is Burning

The Power of H: Church Street Is Burning: "A finalist in the 2003 Eppie Best Poetry Collection, Church Street Is Burning, in illust..."

Church Street Is Burning

A finalist in the 2003 Eppie Best Poetry Collection, Church Street Is Burning, in illustrations, short stories, and poems, tells the story of the poet as a young man. Lost. Abandoned by the woman he loved. Bewitched by the street he lives on. Forgotten by his God. Searching for some rational order in a world fallen on its side. And leaking.

the Saviors Electric Breakdown

Someone wrote that if Jesus appeared on the planet today, we'd crucify him all over again. I think we already have.

Death in good times

The first time I went to Paris I was warned not to go down to the Seine at night. I could be robbed and thrown in the river. The rivers in Toronto pose no such problem. For one they are not easily travelled at night. And if you're going to be robbed, it is more likely to happen in the street. So these kinds of robbery/murders have taken on a sort of iconic quality. Metaphor screams out at you.

Homicide: Now and Then

My new book Homicide: Now and Then is now available at Smashwords. Check it out.

jammin' at the station

This began as an experiment. But I liked the colour and the surreal quality of the railroad station.