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Alphabetical Listing of Poems

22 Year Olds of All Ages 7 July 2000
Accidental Tryst 22 July 2002
Addiction 1 March 2000
Afterglow 22 October 2000 revised 25 March 2002
Aftershocks 3 February 2003
Age 14 February 2000 revised 13 March 2000
Aged Like... 24 August 2017
Alone 6 March 1979
The Alpha and Omega of Stubbornness 26 September 2004
Altered States 22 August 2015
Always Carry a Pen c. January 1990
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor 5 February 2003
Another Point of Departure 26 October 2002
Another victim of reality17 February 2015
Are you being used? 26 August 2021
Art For Health's Sake 23 March 2003
Asymmetry Anxiety 25 August 2001
At the Disco 23 March 1996
Attachment 24 August 2001
Auntie Jean has ALS 24 October 2002
Autobiography -- A Work in Progress 22 January 2000 revised 24 January 2001
B. To Me And Back Again 13 December 2004
Bad Match c. April 2000 (unfinished)
Barbara Cattey 10 November 2022
Beautiful Surprise 3 December 1998
The Bells! The Bells! 12 December 2004
The Best Self 7 January 2003
Bill Casey: Elegy. Epiphany. 27 January 2022
Blindsided 20 August 2000
Blindsided II 13 January 2002
Blue Denim Boy 28 September 2003
Blues Cruise 18 February 2002
Blur 19 August 2003
Brain Damage 19 July 2010
Breaking the Habit
of Feeling Bad About Myself
23 January 2002
The Burden of Worry 15 December 2000
Call Back Soon 6 June 2000
Capitalism 4 May 2019 (unfinished)
Celebrating a Life 4 November 2022
Cell-free Cafe 7 July 2002
The Chemistry of Commitment 12 May 2002
Choosing Your Own Adventure17 November 2013
Cleanup time? 26 October 2002
Community 26 August 2002
Confession 14 January 2003
Consumed 28 February 2002
Country Dancer 20 August 2000
Courage 3 November 2000 revised 2 August 2002
Craving Communion 20 January 2002
A Crucial Matter of Identityc. 2006
Cultivating Serenity 27 August 2004
A Culture of Reality Distortion 4 November 2015
Dangerous Beliefs 16 November 2013 revised 29 August 2015 (unfinished)
David 3 December 1998 revised 16 February 2000
Default 6 July 2014 (unfinished) Rewrite 28 May 2023
Design for Loving 4 May 2002
Desire 21 August 2002
Desire II 10 November 2002
Disappointment 22 July 2002
Discretionary Poetry21 August 2019
Displaced Sadness 28 May 2021
Divestiture 12 December 2004
Dreams of Workplace Harassment 27 September 2000
Duh! 24 February 2002
Ecology Viewed From Afar30 July 2013
The Elephant in the Room6 April 2021
Emancipation 12 May 2002
Empty my mind for sleep 23 March 2003
En Route to Niagara Falls 25 December 2001
Epistemological-Enigma1 February 2010
Everything Sings 19 August 1970 (unfinished)
Evolution 20 July 2004
The Ex That Wouldn't Leave 30 December 2000
Extemporaneous Poetry
On the subject of Xopher
7 December 1998
Falling Towards Self Knowledge23 September 2010
Fandom Renunciate 28 October 2000 (unfinished) revised 20 August 2006
A Flash of Lust5 July 2011
Flashback Attack 15 April 2002
Flower in the Wild 14 April 2002
Four Needs 1 June 2000 (unfinished)
Fully Charged22 August 2018
The GALA 2004 Festival 20 July 2004
Generations 25 December 2001
Genesis -- Corrected Translation 15 March 2015
Getting Over It 19 March 2000
The Gift of Dementia 17 March 2023
The Gift of Stenosis22 August 2022
Giving Cuz It Hurts 4 November 2022
A Glass of Wine with Breakfast? 21 July 2004
Goodbye Mom 4 November 2022
Grace 8 July 2002
Handle With Care 24 August 2000
Happy Anniversary 28 August 2008
He gave me pause 20 August 2003
He is 9 February 2000
He's Not From Around Here26 August 2006
Helping Hand 24 August 2000
Holidays are S'posed to be Special 17 February 2004
Home 27 October 1982
Homemade Pornography 21 August 2002
Hope and Affirmation26 August 2009
How Do I Become The Fun One? 20 June 2021
How Do They Do That? 24 July 2001
I Choose 5 July 2014
I Just Called... 21 August 2019
I Like Working With People5 August 2011
I Need Your Help 6 June 2000
I like the one-liners -- they're short.5 July 2014
If You Look For Reasons 23 September 2020
Impact5 March 2023
In the Laundromat 26 March 1984
Inconvenient Truth22 August 2018
Insight 9 October 2003
Interlude c. May 1976
Invitation 30 July 2000
Is There a(nother) Poet in the House? 26 October 2002
Is it soup yet? 14 December 2004
Judgment 24 July 2001
Lacking Mystique 8 October 2003
Leave Taking 13 January 2002
Lilies 3 December 1998
Listening 19 December 2004
A Little Loss of Balance 7 January 2001
Loneliness 6 June 2000
Looking at the world through wine bottle lenses:23 August 2018
Loss 5 November 2022 (unfinished)
Love Drug 13 October 2000 (unfinished)
The Luck of the Draw #1 -- The Birth Lottery 30 July 2018 (unfinished)
Magick or Illusion 22 August 2002
Majority Rule 22 August 2019
A Man To Avoid 12 December 2004
Manners 29 October 2000
Marketing to an Engineer27 July 2011
Mason Alexander Park 4 November 2022
The Measure of a Man20 January 2016
Meditation for Personal Evolution 7 July 2013
Memorial Disservice 16 December 2010
Microcosmic Regret 23 August 2002
Mischief or Mayhem 23 September 2020
Misplaced Attention17 February 2015
Moon 44 15 February 2000
The Morning After 10 November 2000 revised 31 July 2002
Moving on from unmet expectations: 10 November 2022
Muse -- Reprise 12 September 2000
Muse 3 February 2000
Music 23 February 1979
Music is the Elixir of Life 4 March 2015
My 1986 Pet Shop Boy 14 October 2000 revised 25 December 2001
My Clique 12 December 2004
My Return 25 June 1995
Naturism Stress Test 28 May 2022
Necessity Is The Mother of Comprehension6 August 2013
Nerd Consciousness6 January 2014
Nerd or Geek 19 July 2010
New Boss 30 January 2004
New Depths of Self Acceptance4 April 2005
New Management Theory21 August 2019
No Longer Living in my Living Room 23 August 2001
Not Good or Bad, Different. 21 August 2018
Observer Observed 26 October 2002
Often / Often 3 February 2000 revised 13 October 2000
The Oldest Profession 5 January 2002
On Truth, Faith,
and the Cycle of Interpretation
23 January 2002
One Minute Vacations 4 February 2000
Optimism 28 August 2015
The Other One 20 February 2004
Outwrite Background 26 October 2002
Outwrite Cutie 26 October 2002
Outwrite Departure 26 October 2002
Outwrite Introduction 26 October 2002
Outwrite Sofa 26 October 2002
Overcoming Performance Anxiety 27 August 2015
Papercut 6 July 2014
Paradise 20 August 2003
Parallel Lines 7 March 2000
Part of Me From You c. March 1984
Phases 5 March 1979
Platonica 22 October 2000 revised 25 March 2002
Pleaser Consciousness6 January 2014
Poem Out of Reach 25 August 2001
The Poem That Got Away 19 March 2000
The Poems of Mark Doty 19 August 2003
Poetry Hiatus 25 August 2001
Points on a Line 27 June 2009
Prayer 13 October 2000
Prioritization Paradox2 June 2011
Qualities 31 January 2000
A Question of Hope 17 October 2000
Questions About Friends 25 February 2001
Quiet Comes as a Welcome Change 3 February 2004
A Quiet Party Fantasy 30 March 1984
The REAL source of success27 October 2009
Raison d'etre 6 March 1979
Rational Fears26 August 2006
Rave Restaurant Review17 November 2006
Re-Upholstering-My-Mind-in-Paisley25 August 2015
Reading at Stone Soup 12 January 2001
Reality Check 28 August 2002
Realization 27 August 2004
Recapturing Fun I -- Writing21 July 2011
Recapturing Fun II -- Computers21 July 2011
Recovering From Burnout 24 August 2001
Reset 18 February 2002
Revelation 10 August 2002
Revenge 9 September 2003
Revenge II 8 October 2003
Ring Zero 19 July 2010
The Rules 14 January 2003
Sam Brinton 22 August 2018
San Francisco Has Been Poisoned 28 May 2021
Satisfaction 12 September 2000
The Scent of Distraction 6 June 2000
Scents and Decorum 12 October 2003
Secret Admirations 20 September 2000 revised 26 December 2000
The Shaman's Lament 1 Jan 2000
Singing Into The Past 23 December 2022
Sisters 14 October 2000 (unfinished)
Solace in a Cup of Tea 25 August 2001
Star Dance Evolution 5 July 2014 revised 22 August 2019 (unfinished)
Steer clear this time.22 August 2019
Still not King6 April 2021
Stopping Time 18 January 2000 revised 20 August 2000
The Story of B. 22 January 2000 revised 14 February 2000
Strength 26 September 2000
Stress -- Or not 7 July 2000 Revised 4 February 2002
Tai Chi Driving 13 April 2002
The Tao of Practice 24 August 2017
Textile Comfort 20 August 2002
That Demon Desperation 3 November 2000 revised 31 July 2002
That Old House 12 August 2023 (unfinished)
To Be Believed 12 August 2018
To Reuben 3 August 2021
To V. 8 November 2000
The Top Ten Things
Twinkies Cannot be Trusted With
23 November 1995
Trifle 24 Feb 2000
Trusting 22 August 2018
Try Softer 20 August 2013
Turtle c. March 1969
Two Kinds of Trust 29 December 2000
Unemployment 16 May 2011 revised 6 August 2014
The Universe Hiccups 26 October 2002
Unpacking a Lifetime of Overload 28 May 2021
Useless Advice for Under-Achievers23 September 2020
Vos Pantalons 26 October 2002
The Waiter 28 July 2009
A Walk on the Beach 20 July 2001
Wannabe 24 August 2002
The Way 4 March 2002
Weather Control 27 August 2009
What Am I Feeling? c. March 1984
What Does He Have That I Want? 21 July 2004
What is happening to me? 23 February 1979
When 26 December 2000 (unfinished)
When I Dance 23 August 2001
When I Sing c. June 1978
Who 1 Jan 2000
Who Is He? 24 September 1995
Why I Like Rainy Days 25 July 2004
Why Naked? 6 August 2014
Words of Love 1 January 2001
Xanadu 4 April 2005
Yahweh -- The Great 'I Am' 14 March 2005
You Are a Good Example 25 March 1984
Your Calling 16 October 2010
Youth 3 September 2001
The Zen of Big Bird 25 October 1992