My friends have been dropping in flocks like poisoned birds   from a variety of maladies– breathing tainted oxygen, drinking water,   eating plates of toxic food disguised to look like love offerings.   All are deadly, All will do you in. No way to…

for the gaping quiet  I fear the silence of life more than of dead things.  The sky opens, and pours blue serum into my loneliness My mother; hope in a gown, curbs  her fear of the dark Into her chest—the best place to hide a…

Live each day as if it is your last that’s what they’ve always told me I never paid attention The years slipped by unmindful of me running behind grasping the shirt tails Time won’t you please slow down I’m in that position again where this…

Autumn steals the show with trees that are in the know The paths we walk kicking leaves as we talk Refreshing breezes blow our minds and sports of many kinds We begin to speak of yuletide God forbid a silly ride So early in its…

Naked, I bathe in the glow of still, solemn rays that, like me, have boldly chosen to rise again I am golden in the early hours, the wispy bits of daylight before dreams disrupt in the fullness of day This moment is my own, stolen…

Clouds up above move perfectly in the right way sun dips down below   Each part of nature creates a beautiful scene – fire in the sky

Dear Me, how does it feel to drink and know that it is legal now? To walk into a bar and not be asked for your ID? I imagine that’s the way it goes (not because I think you’re old, But there were wrinkles on…

Only close to death We notice life. Only in the dark We miss the light. Only when alone I need you near. Things you do not say I seem to hear. Only when I’m hurt I seem to care Only when I win I think…

Purplescent Garden Haiku Sequence crocus, iris hyacinth early bulb bloomers lilac hardy plant, heady fragrance plant in your dooryard lavender natural mosquito repellant soothing fragrance purple coneflower pretty purple addition that reseeds, reseeds butterfly bush attracts pollinators yes, butterflies included columbine and salvia vibrant spring…

Ode to a Soldier My love is a wondrous man, devoted and kind, bold in his love for us, yet gentle in his approach, as we were all as skittish deer when he arrived in our lives. His humor unlocked for us the hilarity in…