The Porch is by design a casual forum in which to share writing with friends and colleagues. Some of the writings have been published elsewhere, and some are excerpts or sketches from notebooks. All are still in workshop status, and being posted on the Porch should not be confused with being "published."
To view commercial writing samples, please visit The Check Book.
Selected Writings
Essays
Poetry
- Staring at the Sun: a Wedding Story
- Love Song for the Wind
- Birthday at Niagara Falls
- Cobblestones for Civil Rights
- The Peacekeeper
- How Sweet the Sound
- Some Called It Rasslin'
- Experiencing Winwood: A Musical Memoir
- The Flying Tiger
- The Battling Bastard of Bastogne
Sketches (and other bits)
- The Recognition: a Vignette
- Willie Played the Boogie
- Mrs. Cannon's Tip (a small short story)
- A Father's Day Moment
- A Quick Study of the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies
- A Christmas Marvel, 12/23/2008
- Along the Path
- Nearing Harry Greb
- Shorted
- The Desk Clerk
- Union
- Love Poem, 1943
- Breathing
- Pocket Photo
- Caught in the Headlights of a Deer
- Ceaseless Past
- The Daytona
- Tuning
On Boxing & Boxers:
- On Being a Professional Fighter: An Interview with Jeff Bumpus
- When Losing is Winning: Tony Baltazar vs. Howard Davis Jr.
- Holmes-Cooney: The Return of an Afterthought
- Noticing Haugen
- John Tate: Unlocking the Legacy
- Review of Nine . . . Ten . . . and Out! The Two Worlds of Emile Griffith