Like pressed flowers on the page Transparent and delicate My rage, a fragile needle, Surrounded by the blossomed sorrow That lead to a pointed attack. It’s beautiful and useless and all I can do is seethe A despairing azure blossom

Betrayal so deep soul wrenching pain, soul tearing, soul twisting, won’t stop. Dreams are lost, dreams are destroyed, hope ignited, hope flamed. Hope smothered, joke is on me again. Life ended thanks to you.

  Days of poverty Of vulnerability WANT to pay our way.

I awake to find a ghost in view And jump when it looks at me A familiar face forms One I have forgotten It has been so long I am teary My heart smiles My world Dad

NONET-POEM 12 A candle burns bright with flame full of life and death drawn from one breath so slight but powerful with fight. It waves and flickers with sight. So sure to see it end then draw it quickly again life.

Adulted Too Young Virginia Carraway Stark It didn’t take long As a little child To see that adults Needed lots of help When I was small My mom crawled into my bed She said, “now you have to take care of me, daddy left.” I…

Those cubicles down on highway six how do those people fit? The doors are oblong surrounded by four-foot cubes of concrete split.   Picasso, I thought had inspired this lot. No door on one – how shall they come home?   Inside, imagine there, cubes…

Damn counting is hard sometimes.   Nonet   These feelings swell deep inside of me And yet I try to ignore them Fore why would I want them here At all when I alone Have all of these thoughts These must go far I must…

A call I hear from inside of me Wrapped in my warmth, someone arrives Celebrate a new life, Life distinct in divine light Doors of horizon Welcomes the birth. Love and Hope Ushers Joy!!

  The nonet of new beginnings   Where is love? Where is the magic of paradise? Lost your nest and your balance? Don’t despair! Just get ready to move on! Why? Life is tough, waiting for nobody. Next step? Looking for happiness! But when and…