Dear Nani, I hope the days are passing by with peace and prosperity for you. I hope your days are filled with health and joy as you age. How are you doing since we last spent time with each other? I hear good things from…

You said that you wished we were real but we were, don’t you see? If we were not real, why does it hurt so? I don’t need to pinch myself to feel the pain to know that we were real. Two years and I still…

  Their cackles resounded in the nightish moonlight glare Black cats slinked in the dark, feral eyes to stare Tonight was a special day of the new baneful season Time to boil a malignant witches brew spiteful beyond reason A drop of mandrake, touch of…

Hour 7: When you’re a poet, and you ex is a regular at your bar.   I sat at the end of the bar. Ink flowed smooth like good sex and top shelf, bleeding on wet squares of paper. How many passed between drinks? Swapped…

My recipe for happiness 5 ingredients are:: quiet time to reflect time together= unity reflection= for what could have happened but didn’t, so it’s good time to listen- shows I care time to take action- in some way

The taste of grapes, when I was young, They’d not allow to stain my tongue. But I escaped to legal status And used my grapes to knock me flatus. Then I acquired gourmet decorum, And munched my meats with grapes chose for ‘em. But just…

The Season of the Last Happiness We were there. We were with her. Retired,  I didn’t have to be on the phone or email  with anyone. I could be there for her.  With her. Every day. All day. She didn’t  want a lot. What she…

Rock Bottom is where you start from That’s what The Program. The same twelve steps for everything From booze to smack to sex to love. All starting from rock bottom. Maybe I never hit it. I read a book by a lady with the last…

Oh, there are ups and downs in parenting! Each son and daughter gave me pride and tears Pride that swelled my heart and livened my step When I see some strength that grew from us — me? Tears against self — failing to do it…

The sun that once shone Is now gone. The heat that burned our skin Has now been replaced by a cool wind.   There is no hustle and bustle It’s so quiet you can here the leaves rustle. The moon shines bright As everyone welcomes…