Evergreen Bury me beneath a tree.Lay me down on a deep bedwith earth as my comforter. I will snuggle in the downy myceliumweaving its... Poetry 14 Feb 2025 | 02:12
For an ambassador of culture, an acrostic* thank you Reaching for the stars has always been your true occupation:oh that we could emulate your will,become half the poet that... Poetry 16 Jan 2025 | 01:05
I could not be Joan How were we so lucky to meetAlways looking out for everyoneOut of the oven, fresh baked muffinsAlways a cup of tea or coffee... Poetry 25 Jul 2024 | 11:46
Missing May The sun is slowly risingMy coffee is very warmMillions of sparkling dropletsFrom last night’s passing storm There’s chickadees... Poetry 04 Mar 2024 | 01:39
Uncle Jackie My aunt would say“run this down to Jackie”on a Sunday afternoonSpuds, carrotsand a slice of roast Me, a boy of ten Two doors... Poetry 02 Nov 2023 | 02:35
1960 Remember our trip to Biscayne Bay?Needle fish swimming byYou said you’d never go away... How the time does fly.I have grandchildren... Poetry 26 Sep 2023 | 11:57
I RISE I seek, I grow, I risefrom deep ancestral rootspulsating through the veins of timecomposted in truths. from deep ancestral... Poetry 31 Aug 2023 | 10:14
old-growth cathedral branches, absorbing each others’ silence like moss absorbs rain.then suddenly the forest trembles with the weight... Poetry 03 Apr 2023 | 10:49
Cemetery Wall The freestanding wall borders the path,separating one family’s gravesites from another. Nature puts it to its own uses.Openings... Poetry 09 Jan 2023 | 03:29
Dadirri .I.raking summer’s tears,I brush away woodland warmth.maple leaves burn crisp. .II.chunky cable knits.slouchy smiles all wear... Poetry 30 Jun 2022 | 11:32
9 June 1944 At one o’clockShe heard itSo faint and softAnd slowThe song was everOn his lipssweet Mary from DungloeShe blessed herself,and... Poetry 30 Mar 2022 | 12:34
How Long The long year in pause in desperation, turned life sideways. All that we know has been turned askew. All that we believed... Poetry 24 Feb 2022 | 12:16
Jockey’s Ridge A huge light beige sand dunerising between the ocean and the baythat has been there for centuries,yet is constantly changed... Poetry 09 Feb 2022 | 01:26
The Kids Are All-Right...? They say,“You are what you eat”as they feed us processed treatsand they tell us that they love to see us smile. Then our teeth... Poetry 03 Aug 2021 | 02:40
Geese – A Day’s Theme The sky is too quiet for May.They are gassing the geesein one of our great eastern states.The objection to their existence:they... Poetry 09 Apr 2021 | 01:12
