1. the first time i rode a two-wheeler, dad’s steadying hand at the ready but not necessary. hallelujah! 2. the time mom suggested i use a bigger bat because i was older now, and i resisted, but she insisted, so to please her i tried joey’s louisville slugger and swung hard and i hit a […]
Poetry
when the shackles come off
my therapist says it’s all about sex i say no: what about god, and honeybees, and sentences complex? my therapist says which parent made you sad i say no: this is not about mom or dad it’s about hummingbirds and tap lessons and being pushed off the dock and that time i stole nickels from […]
why don’t dreams speak english
(revised for november 11, 2011) why don’t dreams speak english why do i crave coffee and salt why can’t two or more lovers vie for my affection with flowers sonnets, chocolate, pearls & boat trips down the seine why don’t we hold hands anymore why don’t we give people names to war games like we […]
torontosaurus wrecks
News item, February 2011: Toronto the Good ditches longtime nicknames T.O., T.Dot and Hogtown; dubs itself ‘El Toro.’ Dear Toronto, Please refer to Seinfeld episode #175: You cannot give yourself a nickname. It must be bestowed upon you by others. As George Costanza discovered, when you try to get people to call you ‘T-Bone’ you […]
5-star review for White Shirt
Nice to know that, more than a year after its publication, new readers are still trying White Shirt on for size. Lovely review posted on Amazon.com a couple of weeks ago by Rob Jacques of Puget Sound; here are just a few snippets: Poems about an implacable determination to experience joy Laurie MacFayden’s poems are […]
Lambda Awards: Spotlight on White Shirt
The good folks at the Lambda Literary Awards have posted one of my white-shirted poems, when lust and prayer collide, in the run-up to next week’s gala ceremony. I’m still pretty much pinching myself at the thought of being in the same room as Edward Albee and Stephanie Powers. Kate Clinton and Katherine Forrest might […]
black, er, pink tie occasion for white shirt
Great news today – just learned that White Shirt made the shortlist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Lesbian Poetry category: “Finalists for the Lambda Literary Award were announced today by the Lambda Literary Foundation in Los Angeles. Books from major mainstream publishers and from academic presses, from both long-established and brand new LGBT […]
quote of the week
Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. ~ Carl Sandburg, Poetry Considered […]