Compulsively Aimless

    Do you need a good, clean, unused fragments to complete a poem or maybe as a spare part in case you run into unexpected writing trouble?  Our  inventory has grown and we need to make room for next year's models so  we're holding a clearance sale. We've got fragments for every budget--from a single sentence to a full stanzas, some complete with metaphors. No  reasonable offer refused. Trade-ins considered. Test drive for thirty days  and if not completely satisfied return for a full refund. Check out these models:   *** You keep whispering to me  but you don't say why. ` *** I got paid in diamonds and dynamite. *** Out in the void secure in his ship  sails an off-course astronaut ...when will he know? *** After the last leaves fall unfed ghosts hang one or two from a tree waiting for what the wind brings them. *** She was not measured on the ordinary scale of gods. *** I would like to catwalk among the parapets wea...

Men seek for seclusion in the wilderness, by the seashore, or in the mountains - a dream you have cherished only too fondly yourself.                          --Marcus Aurelius Everyone has their happy place. Mine is "up north" on Michigan's Leelenau Peninsula where I've gone since I was six to meet up with Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and annual friends. Here's my small collection of books on the area.  1. Above the North: Aerial Photography of Northern Michigan, Marge Beaver (2006). Beaver captures a four season, bird's eye view of the Peninsula, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Lake Leelenau and the lakes of of Crystal, Roch, Elk, and Glen. Gift. 2. Leelenau: A Portrait of Place in Photographs & Text, Ken Scott & Jerry Dennis (2000). Extraordinary collection of timeless pictures around Leelenau County.  A gift from my sister July 2003 after our largest family reunion up north.     ...