Touch his face, she did lovingly Though his cheeks rough with scrag… She gazed at him fondly adoringly But from her eyes lonely tears app… She caressed his frigid and bony h…

within him a monster clamoring to come out from slight, hurt, anger where all beasts sprout a fiend he must conquer

Black birds all in flight Acrobatic explosion Darkening the sky Bad weather coming As the starlings warn the world

Our butterfly! how she has grown Eighteen she’ll be, so full of gra… No longer small, no longer known As just the child with sweetest fa… So cute she was, a joy to see

As a youth, I felt like superman An immortal, an ultimate warrior But life tempered my outlook Sadly, now I have become a worrie… © F Aparici

A Limerick Just for Laughs There once was a man from the sani… Who swore he’d escape through the… He swam with the fish Made a bold final wish

Many friends had he During his time of plenty Now the room’s empty. In his season of trouble Alone in the crucible

Three boys wanted to be famous, on… Knights too; and among all the nic… They set off one Saturday To the hills atop the bay Adventure! the Lost Boys fighting…

center In a deserted Long Beach inn Next to the marina; They bid their farewells While gazing at Catalina;

We live near the desert surrounded… Spring, summer evenings we drink o… With Louis on the sax Awesome way to relax But on frigid winter nights we hav…

A Sonnet Myriad tribulations will come his… As man travels in this lonely jour… Embrace he must his brokenness eac… Pray he’d be rescued by heaven’s a…

From her hands the sun, The wisdom of the ages From her lips they flow In my universe Her words are nuggets of truth

Scented love notes he penned for h… Hidden in a book he returned to he… Alas, o’er the years remained unop… That he adores her, she found out… Then high school ended and life in…

Mid-October still blazing hot Need to find us sun shaded spot But it’s autumn, almost forgot Cooler it should be, then why not? Of course, yes! We’re in paradise

Giant balls of fire Lit up the ebony sky Terrorizing all Houses left and right Set ablaze heavenly flames