Twelve steps, interventions, Oprah. Christians, Muslims, Scientologists, the neighborhood watch. An easy alchemy turns fear into a superiority complex. “He must love you this way. You must love him thus.” As though you were discussing the Filioque clause. He drives me to beaches where he dreads both sand and wind, to abandoned light- houses he […]
Timothy Robbins
Timothy Robbins has been teaching English as a Second Language for 30 years. He has been a regular contributor to Hanging Loose since 1980 and his poems have appeared in many other literary journals. He has published five volumes of poetry: Three New Poets (Hanging Loose Press), Denny’s Arbor Vitae (Adelaide Books), Carrying Bodies (Main Street Rag Press) Mother Wheel (Cholla Needles Press) and This Night I Sup in Your House (Cyberwit.net). He lives in Wisconsin with his husband of 23 years.