Freak Night: A Poem

Freak Night: A Poem

Ever since I saw Tod Browning’s Freaks (1931), I’ve had a sort of nightmarish fascination with that kind of sick, sideshow horror. It doesn’t help that my friend Kirk Whitham is obsessed with midgets. But it was that movie that cemented my own...
Geek: A Haiku

Geek: A Haiku

Ah, the haiku. That ancient form of succinct phrase poetry, juxtaposing images or ideas, punctuated with syllabic constriction and line breaks, adhering strictly to the 5-7-5 structure.  It is the yearning for revelation shared by author and reader. I hope to share a...