I strike out on my own because I need to, Yet always, the looking back and feeling alone, Wherever I am is not where I should be. There is a cure for this.   Get closer to the center, The inner sun. All these orbiting…

chocolate chip and vanilla ice cream drips onto ice caps are melting and chocolate chips ooey gooey right out of the oven and mixed in vanilla ice cream strings of chocolate hot and rich and the icebergs ooey gooey and glaciers melt like vanilla ice…

Don’t know whether there is such a form as “double diamante” – just played around until I had two “diamantes” stuck together 🙂  DAWN Dusk Brilliant Crimson Blazing enchanting romantic Sunset inferno sunrise ember Blushing winking blooming Cautious modest Dawn Beautiful golden Blushing smiling…

In soft moonlight On a clear Calm night The trees Silhouetted by the stars, I met the devil A handsome fellow He was quite charming A trifle alarming He greeted Good Morning I should have taken, Mothers warning To never trust A man past midnight…

The noise in my house is nerve wrecking. I had it all planned out before. I knew it would be difficult with the baby. I can’t focus enough to get my thoughts down without being interrupted. “Wait!” “huh?” Thirty seconds of silence is what I…

Ode to San Antonio I remember backyard barbecues by downstairs neighbors Tejano music blaring for hours, infiltrating every inch of the apartment on floor number three where I’d sit stoned and spaced out. Becoming overtly disturbed when I caught my toe tapping happy to distant…

  Random Thoughts……   My fingers fly over the keyboard. I hear the sing song of the sparrow, one of my songbirds in the background. The songbirds are more hushed today./ The weather is warm…the sun is climbing the sky and casting down bright light…

The hours pass bye When my friend’s mother almost died Taking her last Breathe, Ambulance and police Take over But The mother breathes As the hospital released, The darkest hour We need, doctors to shine in the purest moments in life Her beauty resigns In…

When last I visited before Oblivion, I hoped you would see me – For a moment while lucid I am forgotten progeny. I hung on the wall like my photograph. I was within reach but could not help.   I was within reach but could not…

Set a timer. Write whatever comes in to your head for 5 minutes as fast as you can. Don’t delete anything you type, and don’t bother to spell check. It is all about getting the words down on the paper. After the 5 minutes are…