March, 2017 - Michael Gouker - Poet/Philosopher/Novelist

Teaching the Insomniac

Our marriage’s tides rise and ebb. I sense their rhythm, those neap phases and spring highs. Denise, my wife, loves calm water, but I yearn for the surf, so we each steer our craft different ways. Somehow, we avoid floundering. In 2009, I traveled alone to Switzerland on business. It’s my most frequent destination, because I write […]

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Spring Break

#Denise, #Me, #Photo, #Vacation / mgouker

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Four Drops Dribbled

#Disgusting, #Gastronomy, #Poetry / mgouker

Vegan, I remember my chunks of meat. Once, starving, I wolfed down a burger, a gift from a kindly waitress in a 24-hour cafe. Another time I sat across from a grateful mafioso who wore a gold Sagittarius pendant, dropping chunks of ropey tripe into a potted rubber tree. My favorite Mussulman Curry: Thai hot

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