In the frozen north there lives a man Who never said no to a challenge. He once lived in the South then saw A commercial proclaiming a simple life In the arctic wilderness where moose roam And Alaska natives speak forgotten tongues So smitten, he…

Old phone Runs down so fast How to make power last Without divine intervention Or losing sight of goal So I dive in Black hole

Hour Nine: Soda Bread I keep the recipe tucked into a cookbook a cookbook I rarely use, of old Irish recipes. This recipe is written in ballpoint blue ink, just beginning to fade, on a 5×7 sheet of unlined paper, paper I recognize as the…

Time, you said Is what you need To keep this Whatever we have together That still remains Nameless after So many years   Yet you never Seem to have Enough of it To give me   Time, you pleaded When I walked away From you…

There was spark You said The first time you saw me   There was hope You reflected When you met me   You gripped My extended hand And You never let go

At the table of life Set before us are corses in turn We trim away the loss with our knife And eat spices that tend to burn We all have our forks in the road And greedy fingers in others pies We scoop our dessert…

Lost, but found. Dead inside, now alive. Feelings asleep, walled inside. Kept safe from things harmful. Along she comes. A key in hand. Fear swells, as she unlocks the doors one by one. Where did the key come from? How did she end up with…

I always look for your smile   In the melee of people In the crowded mall In the arrival lounge   I keep the memory of your smile In my heart   So I can go on my day With the hope That one day…

Trudged a million steps With tears running down the cheeks   Mouth quivering Hands shaking Legs trembling   Crushed Weakened Beaten   Yet, Unbowed

I sit with legs spread wide a piece of chicken in one hand a spoon to shove rice and stew into my mouth in the other   All the Christmases in my lifetime none comes close to the ones spent with grandma in the ancient…