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Killing Soul

A Poem by Lloyd

I started this to make fun of some other writing that I was reading at the time and to simply use what turned out to be the final line.

Haiku Houseboy

A Poem by Lloyd

A couple of years ago, I hired a young man to take care of a friend of mine who is quite ill. I guess I should have inquired a bit more as to lifesty..

Imaginary Friends

A Story by Lloyd

I'm trying to write a crime novel. I wanted to create a very dark character in the first person. I want the reader to know the character, to get to ..

The Influence

A Story by Lloyd

This is a true story. I've tried very hard to stay absolutely real with it. Every quote is a fact, remembered. I spent several years in prison as a ..

Tears in the Wind

A Poem by Lloyd

I went away to prison for the third or fourth time in the late 1980's. I had a girl in my life that had been my only love since High School. I was d..

Suicide Reasoning

A Poem by Lloyd

I originally wrote this poem when I was seventeen and a runaway juvenile delinquent. I have revised it many times over the years. I've written music ..

Wheelchair window

A Poem by Lloyd

I was thinking one day about how awesome life is to watch from my window. I see all kinds of things that are perhaps, unexpected. Then I thought, wh..

Shirley Jean

A Poem by Lloyd

This is a poem about someone I knew very well. She died very young, at 34.