Longbranch remembered

Longbranch Coffee Shop gets its thirty seconds of fame.

Apparently someone from Carbondale was watching this television show, and there it was. CBS had bought the image. Which reminds me, I have images like this as well. They are what I use to remember Carbondale. And I remember it well.

At one point in Carbondale, I was a single father, and had two young children, but only half of the time. My own week was intensive. I did my best with them. When it was over, I'd give them back grudgingly. But then I'd walk down to the Longbranch - usually at night. I'd order a hot coffee and sit out on the patio watching trains. In winter, I'd stay indoors, but usually away from the smoke. It had a lot of smoke those days. It was the smoker's cafe.

e pluribus haiku 2016

my pride & joy; in time for international haiku day. About 500 of the haiku are new, and there is enough modification that each state is very different from last year. Available at Amazon by clicking the picture, or at the createspace store, which has the author's biography.

castle park

In honor of the Boo Rochman Park, on Giant City Road. One of my favorite places!

pictures

short stories

Available at Amazon and soon on Kindle

short stories

to pass the time

e pluribus haiku 2015

My son's new poetry book...
I'm really proud of him!
Available on Amazon...click on the picture!

train man

summer

pulliam

e pluribus haiku 2014

e pluribus haiku 2014 is out. 875 haiku, better packaging, more complete. I'm really proud of it. click on the picture to order it through amazon or by kindle. my intention was to publish on July 4, but if you think about it, the season is already over by then. The season is now. so pass this along, and celebrate the diversity of this country, its 50 unique states (and the District of Columbia); and the expression, through poetry, of a traveler's view.

Five-Second Rule

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boxcars - now available

e pluribus haiku 2012

now on kindle

cool may in turley -
let the children stretch their legs
before the swelter
(5-12)

jackhammer's complaint -
that wall, that ramp, ir'n within -
dust for summer term
(5-12)

dairy queen's curb
bare feet, ice cream in the cracks
with whatever else
6-12)

getting dropped nickels
from beneath outdoor patio -
rainbow people's job
(6-12)

in the shawnee caves
nomads barter for hemp socks -
october drizzle
(6-12)

bucky's student, back
when this was synergy dome -
labryinth's weeds intrude
(6-12)

blistering dry heat -
sunset's grass crackling in pain,
trees beg for relief
(6-12)

mir'cle whip display -
walmart congratulates our
twenty twelve seniors
(6-12)

regatta cardboard,
fresh kind of competition -
brackish kind of wet
(6-12)

a judge's gavel -
guard questions an old-timer -
outside, spring rains
(2-12)