A Mesostic – For and Not For My Dog Tugboat “These cracked elbows, the only sign of time passing” —Canisia Lubrin from The Dzgraphxst, page 41 Cracked elbows, the only sign of Time passing Canisa says bUt not true God said to me just now…

Fifty Years She stops outside number 82, sees a woman Similar to the one She herself remembers being. Recollects her 21st, over fifty years ago, And her husband to be, waiting Until after the pub closed to attend, Not sharing until years later That he…

We make our mark in glass and concrete Stifle the world with steel Our work endures We pave and press Our stones into the Fecund earth, heedless Our work endures For millennia we toil Brick upon brick Shanks sunk deep Because we know, deep In…

For the Last Decade (Third Hour of Half Marathon 2021) For the last decade We have shared our thoughts and prayers For the last 18 months We have shared our thoughts and prayers For the last few days We have shared our thoughts and prayers…

There was a rainbow in the sky and a rainbow across the calendar. It’s June; pride month. I watch my rainbow flag ripple in the wind. If there is anyone around here that is alone and can’t show who they are, There is an ally…

Watching the pond bank Frogs leap above a Lotus Mud reveals beauty

The sun is shining finally Been kinda overcast for days. The sun is shining in my heart after much indecision. The sun is shining from above fighting dark clouds Shining sun is love.  

I patted the earth As lovingly as one could with the huge shovel of the excavator. I shut off the rumbling motor. My bones rattled on, no longer able to work but not quite able to rest either. I was finished. I had now buried…

“Your life is important to me” she said before she left. So many words unspoken and so many tears uncried. “Your life is important to me” she said before she left. Her roses continuously bloom full of color and fragrance. “Your life is important to…

Birth, Death and Re-birth Summer, Spring, Winter and Fall Each- A Life Cycle A Movement, a Call! Birth, Death and Re-birth The changing of the Seasons throughout this Life, we learn the many reasons. Birth, Death and Re-birth a return to Life once more- a…