Haiku is generally intended to capture a moment, but can a moment summarize a lifetime? Are there moments in your life that you feel have defined you?… Read more “Life (in Haiku)”
Category: poetry
Something to Say
Take my strength And my mind will prevail Take my looks And my value remains Take my song But was it ever sung Take… Read more “Something to Say”
Falling with Grace
Autumn leaves fall to ground What once was young and lush Has taken golden view With fading memories of life Springing forth And days in the sun… Read more “Falling with Grace”
But ’til Judgment
[I wrote this a few years ago after a rash of public shootings, and I submitted in a poetry contest on Sunday just hours before the shooting… Read more “But ’til Judgment”
I Thought About That
I once had a dream I was a greyhound in a race, And [damn] I was fast. Bursting from the gate, Shoulder to shoulder, And heal to… Read more “I Thought About That”
The Air We Breath
What is faith? What is love? What is truth? Some find these in jars of air Taken from the world around And labeled with specific care. “It… Read more “The Air We Breath”
When I’m Not with You
Ever wonder where I go When I’m not with you When I’m looking straight ahead With nothing much in view Am I thinking of a song… Read more “When I’m Not with You”
Nature’s Dance Floor
If you’ve never walked ‘fore daylight, there is much that you have missed A display of hidden wonders that amounts to quite a list The hauntingly beautiful… Read more “Nature’s Dance Floor”
The Forgotten: A Soldier’s Lament
The Forgotten: A Soldier’s Lament Long did I walk in the land of my youth amidst the fields of timothy and pine. The winding streets with canopies… Read more “The Forgotten: A Soldier’s Lament”
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