poetry & lyrics

the best incompleteness of love

This weekend I am hosting up marriage covenants between two friends of Kelley and mine. Its at a vineyard in Dahlonega, GA. It should be a blast.
So, Kelley and I have been married ten years as of June. And each time I do a wedding it is a chance to remember how much it […]


no bad news

I think Daley turned me on to Patti first
I don’t need none of your bad news today
You’re a sad little boy, anyone can see you’re just a sad little boy
That’s why you’re carrying on that way
Why don’t you burn it all down, burn your own house down, burn your own house down
Try to kill your […]


love and silence

I’ve subscribed to Image journal for several years and don’t always get to read the whole thing. But I love the work of Image’s chief editor, Gregory Wolfe. So I recently picked up the book, Intruding Upon the Timeless, with selections of his contributions to the journal between its beginning in 89 until […]