A Terzanelle-- modified form of a villanelle, using interlocking rhyme pattern, iambic pentameter, five triplets and a quatrain. There is a specific form of line repetition to follow. It's a bit like figuring out a puzzle while writing it.

Dedicated to Bogart Alexander, my newly acquired Ghost Cat.

Real events of childhood are sometimes funny, disgusting, alarming, and insightful all at once. Enjoy!

In Thriller Suite -- appearing serially for the first time on Wattpad -- Margaret Atwood has gathered these new poems inspired by her long history as a reader of strange tales, from 19th century gothic classics to ghost stories to crime fiction and thrillers. Poems that cross thresholds...

A short story based on a real-life experience wherein I briefly entertained the financial possibilities available to me as a sperm donor. You read right.

A little boy who loves strange money, considers the advice of his elders.