Author, Writer, Poet
My son John asked his insightful question over two decades ago, but it still resonates with me. Grateful to be his dad.
https://rustandmoth.com/work/why-trees-stay-outside/
Here is a link to more poems: Poetry
Grateful to the Adelaide Literary Magazine for publishing my review of Douglas Cole’s new novel: http://adelaidemagazine.org/2020/10/20/what-it-takes-to-be-free-by-terry-tierney/
You can flip through the entire issue here: https://anyflip.com/fypa/pxth/
Below is a sneak preview:
In the first magnetic lines of The White Field by Douglas Cole, the narrator Tom enters a surreal purgatory: “I walked into the sun. It seared the road and the rooftops, intense, blinding.” For Tom, the bright heat greets his release from prison, but not as a mere celebration of freedom….
Friends on the road in western Kansas, Pearl waiting for her turn to drive. Look closely and you’ll see a cat’s head nestled under Pearl’s nose.
Smoky sunset viewed from Dillon Reservoir in Colorado. We took a wide detour since I-70 was closed, but there are no unscenic routes through the Rockies. Our hearts go out to the evacuees and firefighters in Glenwood Canyon.
Drove through rain, wind, and otherworldly yellow fog (August in Nevada?), only to find the Buckaroo Hall of Fame closed.