Life is Wild & Unfettered!

If you don't like tedious, stuck-up, “intellectual”, “deep” writings, perhaps you will like some of mine. If you like traveling places in your imagination and wild, unfettered anything, here are some of my poems and essays for your perusal. (And there's more stuff below the poems!)

• Where Were You?
• I Rode the Wind With You
• Sculptures in the Wind
• Falcon
• Home (Life in the Desert)
• The Moon Was Hanging in the Sky
• The Moon
• I Love You Passionately
• An Afternoon With the Cat
• The Garden
• Foreign Landscape (Banished in Space)
• The Color of Your Eyes
• Yreka
• Each Drop of Rain
• Hawk

And I wrote a book! The Bogs of Barf (available on Amazon Kindle). Some reviews:

• “Could not have been more clever!
  “For me, there were three things going with this book. First was the non-stop cleverness and wit. The second was that it was a damn good story and written damn well. The third? Smiles all the way through!”
  —Dwight Mikkelsen, Author
  5.0 out of 5 stars


• “A Unique Gem.
  “The Bogs of Barf will take you on a journey from a Laundromat to a magical place where the most unexpected things happen. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland only written for grownups featuring a fierce woman. A uniquely imaginative tale that combines fantasy with everyday dramas. Enjoyed every second of this read.”
  —Elen Ghulam, Author
  5.0 out of 5 stars


• “Laughter the best pain reliever!
  “A truly hilarious romp through a zany world...from just plain funny to outrageous guffaws. A must read...to lighten your load.”
  —GCG, Author
  5.0 out of 5 stars


• “A Laugh a Minute.
  “Crazie is crazy. The Bogs of Barf is weird, funny, brilliantly written by an author with a real taste for the absurd. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes a good story and likes to laugh.”
  —Suzanne Kehde, Author
  5.0 out of 5 stars


• “What Fun!
  “Haven't had this much fun reading a book in a long time. Well written, humorous, interesting and easy to get carried away in. Its satirical view of the world is hilarious. Thanks, J.Z. for making my day!”
  —C.B. Edwards, Author
  5.0 out of 5 stars