Archive - Old Man Still Howling at the Moon

June 2025

Humanism: a New Political Party

Ending with Proof of the Existence of God, Which Won't Convince Anyone

Jun 30 •

Men Behaving Badly

A Flash Fiction

Jun 16 •

A Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full Poem

and Can (or Should) One Analyze One's Own Poems

Jun 9 •

Stuart Dybek's Little Masterpiece, "Lights"

Prose Poem, Flash Fiction, or Creative Nonfiction? And Does it Matter?

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Some Poems on God's Inclusion of Evil

Poetry and Theodicy

May 26 •

A Feeling-a-Bit-Apocalyptic Poem

With a Note About Literary Influence and a Poem by Attila József

May 19 •

How to Write a Beautiful Memoir

Excerpts from Nin Andrews' Son of a Bird

May 12 •

How Not To Make Money on Substack

And Why That's Not Always a Bad Thing

May 5 •

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